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Elementary Teaching

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1. Diagramming main ideas and connections between them.






2. Clear statement of what students are intended to learn through instruction.






3. An explanation of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






4. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances - a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression - a tendency to develop physical symptoms of fears associated with personal or school problems






5. Accommodation changes the nature of the measurement






6. The process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise in interaction with an expert - either an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






7. Curriculum Emphasis placed on the works of marginalized people.






8. 1964 A no-cost educational/vocational training program administered by the U.S. Dept. of labor that helps people ages 16 - 24 get a better job - make more money - and take control of their lives. Part of the Economic Opportunity Act.






9. Teachers should help students set realistic expectations for their academic accomplishments - self-regulation techniques provide effective methods for improving behavior






10. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).






11. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






12. Condition - usually present at birth - that results in below-average intellectual skills and poor adaptive behavior.






13. Teen has made her own conscious - autonomous - clear-cut decisions about an occupation and ideology that reflects who she is & a deep commitment to these decisions






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






15. Time students spend actually learning; same as time on-task.






16. Beginning with processing the higher symbolic and semantic level of meaning of a text and working one's way back to processing the physical characteristics of language (e.g. - letter-sounds).






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






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






19. A teaching method effective with children having an attention deficit disorder that combines educational support - psychological counseling - behavioral management at school and home - and medical management using a psychostimulant.






20. When the teacher demonstrates an activity or lesson before having students do the lesson or activity on their own






21. The process of focusing on certain stimuli while screening others out.






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






23. Individuals characterized by specific impairments in speech and/or language






24. Made an identity commitment - but not explored identity.






25. Behavior associated with one sex as opposed to the other.






26. Father of American Scholarship in Education






27. Renowned scientist who founded wild boy






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






29. Assessment Collaborative between teacher and student; emphasis is on the exposure of hidden assumptions.






30. The age of an individual in years.






31. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






32. Hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values of right and wrong.






33. Sensitivity to natural objects - like plants/animals; making fine sensory discrimination.






34. Difficulty in maintaining attention because of limited ability to concentrate accompanied by impulsive actions/hyperactive behavior = may have marked academic - behavior - and social problems stemming from inability to pay attention.






35. Status reflects the degree to which teens have made a firm commitment to religious and political values and future occupation.

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






37. Bell-shaped symmetrical distribution of scores in which most scores fall near the mean - with progressively fewer occurring as distance from the mean increases.






38. Indicates some type of visual problem has resulted in a need for special education






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






40. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






41. A concept in Vygotsky's theory regarding children's potential for intellectual growth rather than their actual level of development; the gap between what children can do on their own and what they can do with the assistance of others.






42. The inability to do something specific such as walk or hear.






43. Experimentation with occupational and idelogical choices without definite commitment.






44. A disorder characterized by difficulties maintaining attention because of a limited ability to concentrate; includes impulsive actions and hyperactive behavior.






45. An approach to instruction and school organization that clearly specifies what students should know and be able to do at the end of a course of study.






46. Educational Goals Critically examine today's institutions; elevate the status of marginalized people.






47. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






48. Wanted public funding in 1840s for Catholic schools. Helped the secularization of American public schools.






49. 1975 federal law requiring provision of special education services to eligible students.






50. Providing supports to help a student do a task. These supports are gradually withdrawn as the student masters the task - thus transferring more and more autonomy to the child. Strategies for scaffolding student work include modeling - questioning - g







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