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Elementary Teaching

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1. A wide range and varying degrees of characteristics children exhibit that classify them as exceptional and require special accommodations for learning situations






2. The tendency for items that appear at the end of a list to be more easily recalled than other items.






3. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






4. Deiceded by state law. Used in Mississippi and other places still!






5. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






6. Components of memory where large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






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






8. Having students listen for specific information.






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






10. A teaching partnership that often accompanies cooperative or team teaching and is characterized by a consultative relationship in which both special and general educators discuss academic and social behavior problems in the general classroom to meet






11. A Piagetian concept that develops during the preoperational stage in which children gain the ability to use words to stand for real objects.






12. Interpreting new experiences in relation to existing schemes.






13. Using favored activities to reinforce participation in less desired activities.






14. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






15. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to low scores on another.






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






17. A test designed to measure general abilities and to predict future performance.






18. A history - culture - and sense of identity shared by a group of people.






19. Belief that nature and human nature is constant. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of traditional philosophy.






20. 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






21. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage Piaget identified as the ability to generate and test hypotheses in a logical and systematic matter.






22. Students often learn a great deal simply by observing other people - describing the consequences of behaviors can effectively increase appropriate behaviors & decrease inappropriate ones






23. 3 to 6 yrs.; Goal is for child to explore her world so she can understand who she is within this context. Failure to reach this leads child to experience a sense of guilt about her desires to explore - which could limit her willingness to take chance






24. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples.






25. 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






26. A computer application for writing compositions that lends itself to revising and editing.






27. Teacher's Role Guide learning with questioning; develop and guide practical problem-solving activities.






28. 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






29. An act that is followed by a favorable effect is more likely to be repeated in similar situations; an act that is followed by an unfavorable effect is less likely to be repeated.






30. A theory that relates the probability and incentive of success to motivation.






31. 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.






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






33. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge from the mind.






34. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






35. Environmental conditions that activate the senses.






36. Has difficulty organizing tasks & activities - avoids - dislikes - or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort






37. Assessments that compare the performance of one student against the performance of others






38. Make sure student understands classroom rules/procedures; seat ADHD students in close proximity to you; understand student may not be able to control her behavior (not defiant); allow student opportunities to be active; use daily report cards






39. For blind students.






40. Teaching Methods Lecture - practice and feedback - questioning.






41. Mental processing of new information leading to its linkage with previously learned knowledge.






42. 1983 National Commission on Excellence in education report; called for greater federal support of education because the nation was threatened by "a rising tide of mediocrity: - calls for educational reform based on the development of standards-b

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43. Bell-shaped symmetrical distribution of scores in which most scores fall near the mean - with progressively fewer occurring as distance from the mean increases.






44. Block to solving problems caused by an inability to see new uses for familiar objects or ideas.






45. Teaching Methods Problem-based learning - cooperative learning - guided discovery.






46. Mastering new material by learning it one part or subskill at a time.






47. Student has limited strength - vitality - or alertness that results in limited alertness due to chronic/acute health problems (e.g. - heart condition - diabetes - etc.) that can adversely affect student's academic performance






48. Set of standardized scores ranging from 1 to 99 - having a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of about 21.






49. Educational Goals Students need to acquire the ability to function in the real world and to develop problem-solving skills.






50. A change in an individual that results from experience.