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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Mental patterns that guide behavior.






2. Structured lessons that students can work on individually - at their own pace.






3. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






4. One student teaching another.






5. A comprehensive approach to prevention and early intervention for preschool - kindergarten - and grades 1 through 5 - with one-to-one tutoring - family support services - and changes in instruction that might be needed to prevent students from fallin






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






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






8. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).






9. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their sensesand motor skills.






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






11. Connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






12. One of three stages of children's use of language identified by Vygotsky during which children begin to use speech to regulate their behavior and thinking through spoken aloud self-verbalizations; contrast with social speech and inner speech.






13. 12 to 18 yrs.; Goal is for teen to experiment with different roles - personality traits - etc. so as to develop a sense of who she is & What is personally important to her. failure to reach goal leads to a state of confusion which can interfere with






14. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others.






15. According to Piaget - children's inclination during the preoperational stage to confuse physical and psychological events in their attempts to develop theories of the internal world of the mind.






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






17. Behavior - diagnosed by a qualified professional - characterized by inattention - impulsivity - and unusual or excessive activity.






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






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






20. Mild to moderate mental retardation (some exceptions); may have heart defects - hearing loss - intestinal malformation - vision problems; increased risk for thyroid problems - leukemia - & Alzheimer disease






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






22. Described educators of the early 20th century as educational missionaries






23. People who are equal in age or status.






24. Stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






25. A behavior prompted automatically by stimuli.






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






27. A model of instruction developed by Gagne that matches instructional strategies with the cognitive processes involved in learning.






28. 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.






29. A behavior that is prompted automatically by stimuli






30. Programs that combine children of different ages in the same class - generally at the primary level.






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






32. 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.






33. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples.






34. Disorder in ability to control movements caused by damage to the motor area of the brain






35. Cognitive style in which separate parts of a pattern are perceived and analyzed.






36. Eye contact - gestures - physical proximity - or touching used to communicate without interrupting verbal discourse.






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






38. One of three types of knowledge as described by Piaget; knowing the attributes of objects such as their number - color - size - and shape; knowledge is acquired by acting on objects - experimenting - and observing reactions.






39. Stages 3 and 4 in Kohlberg's model of moral development - in which individuals make moral judgments in consideration of others.






40. Loses things necessary for tasks or activities - easily distracted by extraneous stimuli - forgetful in daily activities






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






42. An impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context - both verbally and nonverbally; improper use of words and their meanings - inability to express ideas - inappropriate grammatical patterns - reduced vocabulary and inability to f






43. Something that can have more than one value.






44. List of instructional objectives and expected levels of understanding that guide test development.






45. Differences in developmental needs from one child to the next; see intraindividual variation.






46. Strategy for memorization in which initial letters of a list to be memorized are taken to make a word or phrase that is more easily remembered.






47. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






49. Component of the memory system where information is received and held for very short periods of time.






50. Limited to presented options - common on standardized achievement tests