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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Praise that is effective because it refers directly to specific task performances.






3. Methods used to organize classtoom activities - instruction - physical structure - and other features to make effective use of time - to create a happy and productive learning environment - and to minimize behavior problmes and other disruptions.






4. A condition imposed on a person with disabilities by society - the physical environment - or the person1s attitude.






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






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






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






8. Right is defined by decisions of conscience according to ethical principles chosen by the person. The principles are abstract and not moral prescriptions.






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






10. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to high scores on another.






11. Ability to produce and appreciate rhythm - pitch - and timbre; appreciation of the forms of musical expression






12. Degree to which test scores reflect what the test is intended to measure.






13. Programs designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






14. A motivational orientation of students who place primary emphasis on gaining recognition from others and earning good grades.






15. Wrote anti-papism literature influencing exclusion of Catholic schools from public funding






16. A system of accommodating student differences by dividing a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subjects.






17. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without it.






18. Livelihood Life centered around agriculture/use of slaves to work plantations






19. Strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






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






21. Requires student to supply rather than to select the answer






22. Explored identity - but not made a commitment.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly - does not follow through on instructions & fails to finish schoolwork - chores - or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)






27. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






28. Decision making about student performance and about appropriate teaching strategies.






29. Educational activities that are given to students who initially fail to master an objective; designed to increase the number of students who master educational objectives.






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






31. An approach to learning which purports that children must construct their own understandings of the world in which they live. Teachers guide this process through focusing attention - posing questions - and stretching children's thinking; information






32. An acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force - resulting in a total/partialfunctional disability - psychosocial impairment - or both - that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






33. Increased comprehension of previously learned information due to the acquisition of new information.






34. Movements of the fine muscles of the hand.






35. Tendency to analyze oneself & one's own thoughts






36. A teaching method in which the teacher guides instruction so that students will master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






37. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response.






38. Refers to a severe visual impairment - not necessarily limited to distance vision; applies to all individuals with sight who are unable to read the newspaper at a normal viewing distance - even with the aid of eyeglasses or contact lens; they use a c






39. Adolescent experiments with goals and values by abandoning some of those set by parents and society; no definite commitments have been made to occupations or ideologies; the adolescent is in the midst of an identity crisis






40. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage Piaget identified as the ability to generate and test hypotheses in a logical and systematic matter.






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






42. The value each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






43. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






44. Structured lessons that students can work on individually - at their own pace.






45. Sensitivity to the sounds - rhythms - and meanings of words; sensitivity to the different functions of language.






46. The goals students must reach to be considered proficient in a skill.






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






48. The ability to use the target language appropriately in various social situations. This includes knowing the target culture well enough to appreciate subtle socio-cultural differences in social interactions.






49. A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time & to a marked degree that adversely affects educational performance






50. Educational Goals Help students acquire basic skills and knowledge needed to function in today's world.