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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. A comprehensive - multipurpose set of instructional software developed by one company.






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






3. 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.






4. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






5. Normal intelligence; discrepancy between intelligence & performance; delays in achievement; poor motor coordination/spatial ability; perceptual anomalties; difficulty w/self-motivation; etc.






6. 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.






7. Critical issue accompanying each of Erickson's 8 stages of development that a person must address as they pass through the stage. Failure to do so may keep person from being successful in later stages.






8. An understanding and appreciation of students' personal attributes - experiences - their cultures and communities - and how all this fits in with their learning.






9. 1875 Court upheld Michigan school officials' attempts to collect public funds for the support of a village high school to provide a secondary education for all males = set precedent for public funding of high schools.






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






11. A motivational orientation of students who place primary emphasis on knowledge acquisition and self-improvement.






12. 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






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






14. Dispensing reinforcement following an unpredictable number of correct behaviors.






15. Ability to access one's own feelings/abilities to discriminate among them and draw on them to guide behavior; knowledge of one's own strengths - weaknesses - desires and intelligences.






16. Defines intelligence as 'the capacity to solve problems or fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural settings.' 8 intelligences - everyone has all 8 - but in different proportions. You can strengthen your weaker areas.


17. Removing a student from a situation in which misbehavior was reinforced.






18. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






19. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage that Piaget identified as the ability to draw a logical inference between two statements or premises in an 'if-then' relationship.






20. A person's perception of his or her own strengths and weaknesses.






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






22. Presence of sub-average general intellectual functioning associated with or resulting in impairments in adaptive behavior; occurs before age of 18






23. Can make a copy for the class - but not personal use






24. Theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others.






25. In Piaget's theory - this type of knowledge is derived in part through interactions with others.*Examples of this knowledge include mathematical words and signs - languages - musical notations - as well as social and moral conventions.






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






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






28. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






29. Systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behavior.






30. 14 years - for at least 3 months each year (with 6 weeks having to be consecutive).






31. The study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments; animals are born with a set of fixed action patterns such as imprinting






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






33. Inducement of students to go along with the instructional goals of the teacher - usually fostered by helping students realize how a particular type of learning will help them.






34. Demographics Culturally/Religiously homogenous - Puritan






35. Standard score having a mean of zero and a standard deviation of 1.






36. Learning by observing others' behavior.






37. Developmental stage at which a person becomes capable of reproduction.






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






39. Religion Wide variety of religious beliefs practiced






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






41. A cognitive strategy that encourages children to record their performance and compare it to their target goals.






42. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels.






43. Perception of and response to differences in stimuli.






44. 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.






45. Evaluating conclusions by logically and systematically examining the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






46. Relates to the accuracy with which skills & knowledge are measured






47. A form of mastery learning in which students advance through the curriculum by passing mastery tests.






48. Characterized by a lower than normal level of intelligence and developmental delays in specific adaptive behavior.






49. 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.






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