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Elementary Teaching

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






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






3. Can make a copy for the class - but not personal use






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






5. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






6. Contends that many societal institutions - including schools - are used by those in power to control/marginalize those who lack power = education should focus on reversing this.






7. Scores are comparable across populations






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






9. 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






10. Entry or placemet in specific programs and to diagnose learning problems or strengths






11. Experimentation with occupational and idelogical choices without definite commitment.






12. Different views of males and females - often favoring one gender over the other.






13. Characterized by a lower than normal level of intelligence and developmental delays in specific adaptive behavior.






14. A measure of the consistency of test scores obtained from the same students at different times.






15. Renowned scientist who founded wild boy






16. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






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






18. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






19. Teen experiments with occupational and ideological choices without a commitment to any. Teen is currently in the midst of an identity crisis.






20. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage that Piaget identified as the ability to draw a logical inference between two statements or premises in an 'if-then' relationship.






21. A task involving the linkage of two items in a pair so that when one is presented the other can be recalled.serial learning--A task requiring recall of a list of items.






22. Students: 1) think about the lesson topic; 2) pair up with partners and share according to the guidelines the teacher has provided; 3) share their discussions with the rest of the class. Each person takes a turn retelling their partners' information.






23. Assessment Frequent objective - essay - and performance tests.






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






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






26. A measure of the degree to which instructional objectives have been attained.






27. Measurement of important abilities using procedures that simulate the application of these abilities to real-life problems.






28. A statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores.






29. 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.






30. A study stategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






31. Consequence given to strengthen behavior.






32. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their sensesand motor skills.






33. For blind students.






34. A pattern of attributing events to factors outside one's control; a characteristic of children with learning disabilities; see locus of causality.






35. Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.






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






37. 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






38. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






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






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






41. Category of exceptionality characterized by being very bright - creative - or talented.






42. The public loss of confidence in education






43. Program in which rewards or punishments are given to a class as a whole for adhering to or violating rules of conduct.






44. 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.






45. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






46. An educational philosophy that emphasizes the integration of reading - writing - and language and communication skills across the curriculum in the context of authentic or real-life materials - problems - and tasks.






47. A concept in Vygotsky's theory regarding children's potential for intellectual growth rather than their actual level of development; the gap between what children can do on their own and what they can do with the assistance of others.






48. About 1/3 of affected girls have mild retardation/learning disability; may exhibit attention disorders - self-stimulatory behaviors - and speech/language problems






49. Religion Wide variety of religious beliefs practiced






50. Tests that are usually commercially prepared for nationwide use to provide accurate and meaningful information on student's level of performance relative to others at their age or grade levels.







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