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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A measure of the degree to which a test is appropriate for its intended use.






2. Professionals working cooperatively to provide educational services.






3. Sometimes decision need to be made quickly - and there is not time for reflection

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4. Birth to 18 mo.; Goal is to develop a basic sense of trust in others and a sense of one's own trustworthiness. failure to reach this goal results in a sense of mistrust in others/the world.






5. A theory that proposes that memory is stronger and lasts longer when the conditions of performance are similar to those under which learning occurred.






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






7. An individual's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices rather than their own.






8. 1973 Supreme Court ruled that reliance on property taxes to fund public schools does not violate Equal Protection Clause - even if it causes inter-district expenditure disparities.






9. 14 years - for at least 3 months each year (with 6 weeks having to be consecutive).






10. Important events that are fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






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






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






13. Almost all girls begin menstruation by age 13 - most girls reach their adult stature by age 16






14. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






15. A response to a question made by an entire class in unison.






16. 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.






17. Process by which thoroughly learned tasks can be performed with little mental effort.






18. Decreasing the chances that a behavior will occur again by removing a pleasant stimulus following the behavior.






19. 1975 Requires all schools receiving federal funds to provide equal access to education for children whith physical and mental disabilities.






20. A question or a partial statement in a test item that is completed by one of several choices.






21. A task requiring recall of a list of items in any order.






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






23. Criterion-referenced tests focusing on important skills students are expected to have mastered to qualify for promotion or graduation.






24. Mental processing of new information leading to its linkage with previously learned knowledge.






25. Selection by chance into different treatment groups to try to ensure equality of the groups.






26. Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching






27. A statement of information or tasks that students should master after one or more lessons.






28. Assignments or activities designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






29. 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.






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






31. The language - attitudes - ways of behaving - and other aspects of life that characterize a group of people.






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






33. The application of knowledge and skills to achieve certain goals.






34. Much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






35. Teacher's Role (Same as for Perennialism) Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions






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






37. A group within a larger society that sees itself as having a common history - social and cultural heritage - and traditions - often based on race - religion - language - or national identity.






38. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






39. Teaching Methods Lecture; questioning; coaching students in critical thinking skills.






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






41. An ethnic or racial group that is a minority within a broader society.






42. A psychological movement - started in Germany - that advanced the understanding of perception.






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






44. 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.






45. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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46. 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.






47. Perception of and response to differences in stimuli.






48. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






49. Right is defined in terms of individual rights/standards that have been agreed upon by society. Laws are not 'frozen' but can be changed for society's good.






50. (Cognitive) a developmental view of how moral reasoning evolves from a low to a high level. Argues that people with low moral level are unable to conceive acts of aggression as being immoral.

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