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Elementary Teaching

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1. Knowledge about one's own thinking; involves an understanding of how memory works - what tasks require more cognitive effort - and what strategies facilitate learning; plays an important role in children's cognitive development during the middle chil






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






3. Planning instruction by first setting long-range goals - then setting unit objectives - and finally planning daily lessons.






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






5. Ability to control one's body movements and handle objects skillfully.






6. Problems with the ability to receive information through the body1s senses.






7. Body quadruples in weight and the brain triples in weight - neurons branch & grow into dense connective networks between the brain & the rest of the body






8. Situation in which students appear to be on task but are not engaged with learning.






9. Demographics Majority English - w/large populations of Dutch in New York - Swedes in Delaware - and Germans in Pennsylvania






10. A cognitive strategy that encourages children to use internal speech to guide them through a task in a step-by-step manner; see inner speech.






11. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects as well as relationships among its subordinate classes.






12. P.L. 94-142






13. Moving from the physical characteristics of language (e.g. - letter-sounds) that are interpreted into successively more symbolic and meaningful levels (syntax and semantics). Often contrasted with top-down processing.






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






15. Education Reserved for the sons of wealthy - White families






16. Fill-in-the-blank items on tests.






17. A behavior prompted automatically by stimuli.






18. Condition characterized by extreme restlessness and short attention spans relative to peers.






19. A standard students must meet to be considered proficient in a skill.






20. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






21. An apparatus developed by B. F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






23. General aptitude for learning - often measured by ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






24. 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






25. 1990 Governs how states/public agencies provide early early intervention - special education - and related services to children with disabilities from birth to 21 years of age.






26. Strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations.






27. Physical consequences of an action is determine whether the action is 'good' or 'bad'.






28. 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.






29. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






30. 1935 Provided economic relief during the Great Depression and training to adult males to prepare them for work in the needed sectors.






31. Computer programs that teach lessons by varying their content and pace according to student responses.






32. Cognitive style in which patterns are perceived as whole.






33. 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.






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






35. Dispensing reinforcement following an unpredictable number of correct behaviors.






36. A theory that proposes that memory is stronger and lasts longer when the conditions of performance are similar to those under which learning occurred.






37. Have a sense of pride in their accomplishments & enjoy demonstrating their achievements






38. 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






39. In Piaget's theory - the type of knowledge as the mental construction of relationships involved in the concrete operations of seriation - classification - and conservation - as well as various formal operations that emerge in adolescence.






40. Display acceptance of student; never finish student's sentence or allow others to do so; don't put student in high-pressure situation in which they must respond quickly in a verbal manner.






41. The fundamental assumption of the common school movement is 'the public school would be an agent of moral/social redemption that resulted from nonsectarian religious instruction'; exposed evils associated with this movement.






42. Presence of sub-average general intellectual functioning associated with or resulting in impairments in adaptive behavior; occurs before age of 18






43. Gauging the progress of students






44. Learning Environment Community-oriented - self-regulated






45. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






46. Policy or practice of placing all students in regular classes with appropriate assistance.






47. Programs that address the needs of students with mental - emotional - or physical disabilities.






48. Comprehensive measure of achievement






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






50. Mental patterns that guide behavior.






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