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Elementary Teaching

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






2. 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.






3. A study stategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






4. Capacity to discern and respond appropriately to the moods - temperaments - motivations - and desires of others.






5. Explanation of the relationship between factors such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






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






7. One of two basic principles referred to by Piaget as invariant functions; the ability of all organisms to adapt their mental representations or behavior to fit environmental demands; contrast with organization.






8. A process that occurs when recall of certain information is inhibited by the presence of other information in memory.






9. A cooperative learning model that involves small groups in which students work using cooperative inquiry - planning - project - and group discussion - then make a presentation on their findings to the class.






10. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentations.






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






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






13. Piaget's term for patterns of behavior during the sensorimotor stage that are repeated over and over again as goal-directed actions.






14. The average test score received by individuals of a given chronological age.






15. Inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual - sensory - or health factors (academically performing below grade level) - inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers & teachers






16. A measure of prestige within a social group most often based on income and education.






17. Study of a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - and after the treatment is applied.






18. Contributions to Education Taxes to support public schools - increase in attendance of under-represented groups - created state education departments and appointing of state superintendents






19. Opened a school in Paris for individuals who were deaf

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






21. Terms partially sighted - low vision - legally blind - and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments






22. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






23. The adolescent's inability to develop a clear sense of self.






24. Components of memory where large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






25. Teachers required to use the same judgement/care as parents in protecting the children under their supervision.






26. Orientation for approaching learning tasks and processing information in certain ways.






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






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






29. Direct injury to the brain - such as a tearing of nerve fibers - bruising of the brain tissues against the skull - brain stem trauma - or swelling.






30. 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.






31. One-to-one tutoring for reading; early elementary = phonetic reading strategies; teach learning-to-learn skills (study skills - test-taking skills - etc.); give frequent feedback; break down large projects into smaller chunks; effective classroom man






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






33. Movements of the fine muscles of the hand.






34. Teachers should expose students to a variety of other models - students must believe that they are capable of accomplishing school tasks






35. Information on the results of one1s efforts.






36. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to real-life situations.






37. Category of exceptionality characterized by being very bright - creative - or talented.






38. Free Exercise Clause "Freedom of speech" - has been extend to freedom in religious practice






39. Fill-in-the-blank items on tests.






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






41. A mental operation in the concrete operational stage that involves the understanding that an entity remains the same despite superficial changes in its form or physical appearance.






42. Articulation problems occurring most frequently among children in the early elementary school grades.






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






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






45. A comprehensive - multipurpose set of instructional software developed by one company.






46. Has difficulty with oral language (e.g. - listening - speaking - and understanding); reading (e.g. - decoding - comprehension); written language (e.g. - spelling - written expression); mathematics (e.g. - computation - problem solving); also may have






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

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48. Behavior modification strategies in which a student1s school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






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






50. 1990 A wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability; covers employment - transportation - building accessibility - transportation - etc.