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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Using consequences to control the occurrence of behavior.






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






3. Standardized tests that include several subtests designed to measure knowledge of particular subjects.






4. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






5. Designation for programs and classes to teach English to students who are not native speakers of English.






6. Clear statement of what students are intended to learn through instruction.






7. A behavior that is prompted automatically by stimuli






8. Loses things necessary for tasks or activities - easily distracted by extraneous stimuli - forgetful in daily activities






9. These determine the child's ability to reason about social situations. Development occurs in predictable. before age 6 - child plays by her own idiosyncratic rules.






10. 1990 A wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability; covers employment - transportation - building accessibility - transportation - etc.






11. Teaching the skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






12. An explanation of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






13. Methods of questioning that encourage students to pay attention during lectures and discussions.






14. Movements - such as running or throwing - that involve the limbs and large muscles.






15. Educational Implications (1) Literature written by feminist/minority authors should be equal to that of others. (2) Historical events should be studied from the perspective of power - status - and marginalized people's struggle within these cont






16. Time during which students have the opportunity to learn.






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






18. Scores are comparable across populations






19. Group that receives treatment during an experiment.






20. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






21. Provisions in the law (IDEA) that requires students with disabilities to be educated to the maximum extent appropriate with their nondisabled peers.






22. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






23. A type of standardized score ranging from 1 to 9 - having a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 2.






24. Signal as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished.






25. The age of an individual in years.






26. A model of instruction developed by Gagne that matches instructional strategies with the cognitive processes involved in learning.






27. Blurts out answers before questions have been completed - has difficulty awaiting turn - interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g. - butts into conversations or games)






28. Educational Implications (1) Emphasis on basic skills/certain academic subjects students must master. (2) the graduation of a literate/skilled workforce. (3) Curriculum must change to meet societal changes.






29. Disorder in one or more basic psychological processes involved in understanding/using spoken and/or written language = imperfect ability to listen - think - read - write - spell - or do math calculations.






30. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements that teachers can directly control.






31. Test that predicts ability to learn a variety of specific skills and types of knowledge.






32. Lack of relationship between two variables.






33. Teacher's Role (Same as for Perennialism) Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions






34. Strategy for memorization in which initial letters of a list to be memorized are taken to make a word or phrase that is more easily remembered.






35. Difficulty scoring - requires students to support an argument with multiple lines of reasoning - depends on writing ability






36. A category of disability that significantly affects social interaction - verbal and nonverbal communication - and educational performance.






37. Stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






38. The mental tendency to organize perceptions so they make sense.






39. The ability to use language to learn academic content. (Including using spoken & written English to do assignments - interact with teachers - and communicate with native-English-speaking peers.)






40. An individual's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices rather than their own.






41. Tests or assessments administered during units of instruction that measure progress and guide the content and pace of lessons.






42. Measuring students' learning at the end of a lesson






43. Component of the memory system where information is received and held for very short periods of time.






44. Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.






45. Memorization of facts or associations.






46. Research scores from individual minority populations to determine whether scores are comparable - provide non-English-speaking students the opportunity to take mathematics & science exams in their native language - grade essays without regard for who






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






48. Methods used to prevent behavior problems from occurring or to respond to behavior problems so as to reduce their occurrence in the future.






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






50. Mild to moderate mental retardation; attention disorders; behavioral problems