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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. Have 47 chromosomes instead of 46; TRISOMY 21 - the extra chromosome attaches to the 21st pair






2. Classes or curricula targeted for students of a specified achievement or ability level.






3. Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.






4. Piaget's term for patterns of behavior during the sensorimotor stage that are repeated over and over again as goal-directed actions.






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






6. Facial abnormalities; heart defects; low birth weight; motor dysfunctions






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






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






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






10. Sub-average intellectual functioning existing concurrently with related limitations in 2 or more of the following: communication; self-care; home living; social skills; community use; self-direction; health/safety; functional academics; leisure; work






11. Motivation that stems from one's own needs or desires - not requiring extrinsic incentives.






12. Learning strategies for learning.






13. Scores are comparable across populations






14. Learning Environment Collaborative - self-regulated - democratic.






15. Help individuals self-correct behaviors and ideas - empower learners to take ownership of ideas






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






17. Teen's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choice instead of her own. A pseudo-identity that is too fixed/rigid to serve as a foundation for meeting life's challenges.






18. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow.






19. Teachers required to use the same judgement/care as parents in protecting the children under their supervision.






20. 1935 Provided economic relief during the Great Depression and training to adult males to prepare them for work in the needed sectors.






21. 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.






22. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






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






24. In Piaget's theory - the understanding which develops during the concrete operational stage that involves the ability to order objects in a logical progression - such as from shortest to tallest; important for understanding the concepts of number - t






25. Free Exercise Clause "Freedom of speech" - has been extend to freedom in religious practice






26. 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






27. 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.






28. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation.






29. Study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






30. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language.






31. Component of memory where limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






32. Piaget's term for an infant's understanding during the sensorimotor stage that objects continue to exist even when they can no longer be seen or acted on.






33. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. - eyeblinking in response to bright light.






34. A mental operation in the concrete operational stage that involves the understanding that an entity remains the same despite superficial changes in its form or physical appearance.






35. Developmental disability affecting social interactions - verbal/nonverbal communication - and educational performance. Generally evident before the age of 3 years.






36. Release from an unpleasant situation to strengthen behavior






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






38. The practice of grouping students by ability level in separate classes within-class ability






39. Stage at which children develop skills of logical reasoning and conservation but can use theses kills only when dealing with familiar situations.






40. A teacher1s ability to respond to behavior problems without interrupting a classroom lesson.






41. Theories that knowledge is stored in the brain in a network of connections - not in systems of rules or individual bits of information.






42. Terms partially sighted - low vision - legally blind - and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments






43. Deaf students.






44. 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






45. Event that comes before a behavior.






46. Suggested forming an annex to the public schools to provide special classes for individuals with hearing impairment - visual impairment - and mental retardation






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






48. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions asked during the course of a lesson.






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






50. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences.