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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Length of time that a teacher allows a student to take to answer a question. Calling order--The order in which students are called by the teacher to answer questions asked during the course of a lesson.






2. Time spent actively engaged in learning the task at hand.






3. Learned information that can be applied to only a restricted - often artificial set of circumstances.






4. Belief that a critical core of information exists that all people should possess. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of philosophy.






5. Education Many students educated in parochial schools = taught in their native language & family's religious beliefs were an integral part of the curriculum






6. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






7. Support for learning and problem solving. The support could be clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






8. Meichenbaum's developmental program that helps children control and regulate their behavior; children are taught self-regulatory strategies to use as a verbal tool to inhibit impulses - control impulses and frustration - and promote reflection.






9. Learning Environment (Same as Perennialism) High structure; high levels of on task time.






10. Visible - genetic characteristics of individuals that cause them to be seen as members of the same broad group (e.g. - African - Asian - Caucasian).






11. Theory of motivation based on the belief that people1s efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward.






12. Forms of epilepsy.






13. Not explored identity - not made a commitment.






14. The study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments; animals are born with a set of fixed action patterns such as imprinting






15. A set of principles that relates social environment to psychological development.






16. Adolescent establishes an identity in which clear decisions about occupations and ideologies have been consciously made






17. List of instructional objectives and expected levels of understanding that guide test development.






18. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not on his or her own






19. Theory based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






20. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without it.






21. Having students listen for specific information.






22. Consequence given to strengthen behavior.






23. A measure of the degree to which a test is appropriate for its intended use.






24. The average test score received by individuals of a given chronological age.






25. Right = doing your duty - showing respect for authority - and maintaining social order for its own sake.






26. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






27. Increased in hormonal levels occur - resulting in a growth spurt - males generally become taller than females and develop deeper voices and characteristic patterns of facial and body hair; increased strength and heart and lung capacity give the child






28. A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time & to a marked degree that adversely affects educational performance






29. Goal is to establish and guide the 'next' generation and help others. Failure to do so may lead to stagnation - self-indulgence - and selfishness.






30. Federal law P.L. 101-476 enacted in 1990 changing the name of P.L. 94-142 and broadening services to adolescents with disabilities.






31. Degree of uncorrectable inability to see 1 out of every 1 -000 children are blind (vision = 20/200 or worse in the better eye) or visually imapired between 20/70 and 20/200 in the better eye).






32. Curriculum Emphasis is on problem-solving and the skills needed in today's world.






33. Deaf students.






34. 1990 A wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability; covers employment - transportation - building accessibility - transportation - etc.






35. Level of development immediately above a person's present level.






36. Serious/Persistent age-inappropriate behaviors resulting in social conflict - as well as problems in school and personal concept. Caused by make-up of the child - family disfunction/mistreatment - and/or underlying learning disability.






37. Incorrect responses offered as alternative answers to a multiple-choice question.






38. Increased comprehension of previously learned information due to the acquisition of new information.






39. Parents who strictly enforce their authority over their children.






40. A process that occurs when recall of certain information is inhibited by the presence of other information in memory.






41. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






42. A teaching method in which the teacher guides instruction so that students will master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






43. The process of focusing on certain stimuli while screening others out.






44. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules that separate facilities for Black and White students are inherently unequal = called for integration of schools.






45. The value each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






46. A subconscious process in which learners develop competence by using language for 'real communication.' This is often contrasted with taking courses to learn language.






47. Almost all girls begin menstruation by age 13 - most girls reach their adult stature by age 16






48. Decreased ability to learn new information because of interference of present knowledge.






49. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).






50. Instruction given to students having difficulty learning.