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Elementary Teaching

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1. Rapid promotion through advanced studies for students who are gifted or talented.






2. Final test of an objective.






3. Using small steps combined with feedback to help learners reach goals






4. A task requiring recall of a list of items in any order.






5. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






6. A cooperative learning method for mixed-ability groupings involving team recognition and group responsibility for individual learning.






7. Obtained custody of wild boy and launched an involved program to civilize and educate him; important classic in the education of individuals with mental retardation






8. The ability to use the target language appropriately in various social situations. This includes knowing the target culture well enough to appreciate subtle socio-cultural differences in social interactions.






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






10. The inability to concentrate for long periods of time.






11. Strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






12. A measure of prestige within a social group most often based on income and education.






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






14. A person's perception of his or her own strengths and weaknesses.






15. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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16. Bloom's ordering of objectives from simple learning tasks to more complex ones.






17. Giving a clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior.






18. Parents who mix firm guidance with respect and warmth toward their children.






19. Help ensure that the results will be an accurate indication of student ability - enable most students to be tested - enable testing practices to be deemed fair to all students






20. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentations.






21. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than their age alone).






22. 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






23. Impairment in student's ability to understand language (receptive language disorder) or to express ideas (expressive language disorder) in one's native language. If not result of physical problem/lack of experience - indicates a LD or mental retardat






24. 1964 A no-cost educational/vocational training program administered by the U.S. Dept. of labor that helps people ages 16 - 24 get a better job - make more money - and take control of their lives. Part of the Economic Opportunity Act.






25. Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching






26. Opened a school in Paris for individuals who were deaf

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27. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






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






29. 1962 mandated funding to educate thousands of people unemployed because of automation/technological advances so they would be marketable in these fields.






30. Impairments in the ability to understand language or to express ideas in one1s native language.






31. Curriculum Emphasis is on enduring ideas.






32. Cognitive style in which separate parts of a pattern are perceived and analyzed.






33. A comprehensive approach to prevention and early intervention for preschool - kindergarten - and grades 1 through 5 - with one-to-one tutoring - family support services - and changes in instruction that might be needed to prevent students from fallin






34. History Industrialization - immigration - and westward expansion lead to many social problems. Solution? An educated - moral citizenry that could participate in democratic decision-making and contribute to the nation's economy.






35. A term used by Piaget to describe how children mold new information to fit their existing schemes in order to better adapt to their environment; contrast with accommodation.






36. Developmental stage at which a person becomes capable of reproduction.






37. 1958 Passed in response to the Russian launch of Sputnik satellite; appropriated federal funds to improve education in areas considered crucial to national defense/security: math - foreign language - and science.






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






39. An undesirable characteristic of tests in which item content discriminates against certain students on the basis of socioeconomic status - race - ethnicity - or gender.






40. The act of analyzing oneself and one's own thoughts.






41. Degree of uncorrectable inability to see well.






42. The inability to do something specific such as walk or hear.






43. Teaching approach in which each student works at his or her own level and rate.






44. Test item usually consisting of a stem followed by choices - or alternatives.






45. Revealed prejudicial side of common school movement






46. In Gardner's theory of intelligence - a person's seven separate






47. Goal is for the child to be successful in whatever she does - as success brings a positive sense of self/one's abilities. failure creates a negative self-image.






48. Having students listen for specific information.






49. Time students spend actually learning; same as time on-task.






50. 12 to 18 yrs.; Goal is for teen to experiment with different roles - personality traits - etc. so as to develop a sense of who she is & What is personally important to her. failure to reach goal leads to a state of confusion which can interfere with







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