Test your basic knowledge |

Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. Movements of the fine muscles of the hand.






4. A hypothesis that students acquire grammatical structures in a predictable order - regardless of their native languages






5. 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.






6. A model based on the idea that information is processed simultaneously in the sensory register - short-term memory - and long-term memory.






7. Person defines her own values in terms of the ethical principles she has elected to follow.






8. Estimated one in 500-700 babies born each year with some degree of alcohol-related damage/defect- alcohol can damage the central nervous system of fetus and brain damage is not uncommon.






9. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






10. The pleasure that is inherent in simply engaging in the behavior.






11. Inform decision makers about student behaviors - monitor student progress toward a goal - screen students for specific purposes






12. 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






13. Livelihood Industry/Commerce = most lived in towns






14. Refers to substantial limitations in present functioning manifests before the age of 18.






15. 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.






16. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate - and solve problems.






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






18. Oral articulation problems; occur most frequently among children in early elementary grades.






19. 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.






20. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






21. Cognitive style of responding quickly but often without regard for accuracy.






22. Methods for learning. studying. or solving problems.






23. Easily memorize facts but has limited understanding of them; highly verbal with poor verbal/nonverbal communication skills; have a set way of doing things; experience extreme anxiety when routine is changed/expectations are not met; sensitive to soun

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


24. 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.






25. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






26. Formerly Chapter 1 - compensatory programs that were reauthorized as Title 1 of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994.






27. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






28. The mental tendency to organize perceptions so they make sense.






29. Level of development immediately above a person's present level.






30. Theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others.






31. A strategy that allows students to practice speaking and listening by sharing information with a variety of partners.






32. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






33. A model of instruction developed by Gagne that matches instructional strategies with the cognitive processes involved in learning.






34. Knowing an object exists when it is out of sight.






35. 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.






36. The inability to concentrate for long periods of time.






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






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






39. Using small steps combined with feedback to help learners reach goals






40. Mild form of autism; may have concomitant learning disabilities and/or poor motor skills.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


41. Standard scores that relate students1 raw scores to the average scores obtained by norming groups a t different grade levels.






42. Strategy for memorization in which images are used to link lists of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






43. 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.






44. Hearing ability is of little use - even with the use of a hearing aid = cannot use hearing as primary source for accessing information.






45. The study of learning and teaching.






46. A school situation in which a child's needs clash with the learning and behavioral expectations of the educational system.






47. A discussion among four to six students in a group working independently of a teacher.






48. Teen is not able to develop a clear direction or sense of self. May have experienced an identity crises but was unable to resolve it.






49. Educational Goals Students need to acquire the ability to function in the real world and to develop problem-solving skills.






50. A person1s desire to develop to his or her full potential.