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Elementary Teaching

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






2. 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.






3. An apparatus developed by B. F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






4. The language produced by learners in the period before they reach native-like proficiency.






5. Learning Environment (Same as Perennialism) High structure; high levels of on task time.






6. Educational performance markedly and adversely affected over a period of time by: inability to build/maintain satisfacory interpersonal relationships; inappropriate types of behavior/feelings; general unhappiness; etc.






7. The tendency to think about - see - and understand the world from one's own perspective; an inability to see objects or situations from another's perspective.






8. 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.






9. Diagramming main ideas and connections between them.






10. A theory that relates the probability and incentive of success to motivation.






11. Belief that nature and human nature is constant. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of traditional philosophy.






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






13. Curriculum Emphasis is on enduring ideas.






14. Learning by observation and imitation of others.






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






16. Perceiving selected parts of a stimulus to stand out (figure) from other parts (background).






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






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






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






20. Adolescent establishes an identity in which clear decisions about occupations and ideologies have been consciously made






21. Tests to assess the student1s level of skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






22. Standards derived from giving a test to a sample of people similar to those who will take the test and that can be used to interpret scores of future test takers.






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






24. An explanation of the discomfort people feel when new perceptions or behaviors clash with long-held beliefs.






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






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






27. Piaget's term for an infant's understanding during the sensorimotor stage that objects continue to exist even when they can no longer be seen or acted on.






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






29. State that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising them when they no longer work.






30. Decreased ability to learn new information because of interference of present knowledge.






31. Educational Implications (1) Learner-centered curricula. (2) hands-on learning activities where students collaborate. (3) Teacher guides students through learning process. (4) Constructivist in nature.






32. A conscious process in which learners develop competence through formal studying of the language - including its rules - grammar and phonetic components






33. A teacher or school can make one backup copy of






34. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






35. The idea of 'public education' was created by historians who were 'educational missionaries.'






36. Knowing about one's own learning ('thinking about thinking').






37. 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.






38. Release from an unpleasant situation to strengthen behavior






39. Condition characterized by extreme restlessness and short attention spans relative to peers.






40. Child's body grows much more slowly relative to other periods of life; the brain continues to develop fast than any other part of the body - up to 90% of its adult weight;






41. Eliminating or decreasing a behavior by removing reinforcement for it.






42. The degree to which students are placed in competitive or cooperative relationships in earning classroom rewards.






43. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge from the mind.






44. Disability






45. A concept which allows children to use information they already have acquired to form new knowledge that begins to emerge during the concrete operational stage but more characteristic of adolescent thinking.






46. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences.






47. Also referred to as schema (pl. schemata) in some research areas; in Piaget's theory - the physical actions - mental operations - concepts - or theories people use to organize and acquire information about their world.






48. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






49. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






50. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.







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