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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Sensitivity to and capacity to discern logical or number patterns; ability to handle long bits of reasoning.






2. Decreased ability to recall previously learned information causedby learning of new information.






3. Stage at which children learn mentally to represent things.






4. Test items in which respondents can select from one or more possible answers - without requiring the scorer to interpret their response






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






6. A program that provides one-to-one tutoring from specially trained teachers to first-graders who are not reading adequately.






7. 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.






8. A cooperative learning model in which students are assigned to six-member teams to work on academic material that has been broken down into sections for each member.






9. Forms of education Private tutors - parochial (Church of England) schools - and boarding schools






10. 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.)






11. Father of American Scholarship in Education






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






13. Mild to moderate mental retardation (some exceptions); may have heart defects - hearing loss - intestinal malformation - vision problems; increased risk for thyroid problems - leukemia - & Alzheimer disease






14. Stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads automatically to punishment.






15. Brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read.






16. An impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context - both verbally and nonverbally; improper use of words and their meanings - inability to express ideas - inappropriate grammatical patterns - reduced vocabulary and inability to f






17. Direct injury to the brain - such as a tearing of nerve fibers - bruising of the brain tissues against the skull - brain stem trauma - or swelling.






18. 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






19. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






20. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






21. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






22. Grading on the basis of how well other students performed on the same test rather than in terms of preestablished absolute standards.






23. Explanation of the relationship between factors such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






24. The distinction between conversational fluency (basic interpersonal communication skills - or BICS) - and academic language (cognitive/academic language proficiency - or CALP).






25. A part of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge.






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






27. Curriculum Emphasis is on enduring ideas.






28. Methods for aiding the memory.






29. Lack of relationship between two variables.






30. Goal was to prevent Catholic schools from receiving state and tax-payer funding for schools and ensuring that only the Protestant bible was used in schools.






31. A teacher or school can make one backup copy of






32. Individual that are often unaware of many of the factors that determine their emotions and behaviors; these unconscious factors may create unhappiness - sometimes in the form of recognizable symptoms and at other times as troubling personality traits






33. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.






34. Evaluating information from a variety of sources and applying observations of one's own practice back into instructional planning.






35. Assessment Continuous feedback - informal monitoring of students' progress






36. Assessments that follow instruction and evaluate knowledge or skills.






37. Teachers' role in advocating for the interests of the students they teach. ELL students and their families often do not have the skills or knowledge of the schooling system to make their voices heard in the school and community.






38. For blind students.






39. A set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through eight life stages - according to Erikson.






40. Theory that information is stored in long-term memory in networks of connected facts and concepts that provide a structure for making sense of new information.






41. Given two lists - each item in one list will match with one item in the other list.






42. Knowing about one's own learning ('thinking about thinking').






43. The adolescent's inability to develop a clear sense of self.






44. 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.






45. A discussion among all the students in a class with the teacher as moderator.






46. The placement - for all or part of the school day - of disabled children in regular classes.






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






48. Goal is to establish and guide the 'next' generation and help others. Failure to do so may lead to stagnation - self-indulgence - and selfishness.






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






50. A close emotional relationship between two persons characterized by mutual affection and a desire to maintain proximity; attachments serve the purpose of keeping the child & primary caregiver physically and emotionally close