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Elementary Teaching

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1. Characterized by significantly different psychosocial development from one's peers - including hyperactivity - aggression - withdrawal - immaturity - and learning difficulties.






2. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects as well as relationships among its subordinate classes.






3. Associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to evoke a conditioned response.






4. Compensatory education programs in which students are placed in separate classes for remediation.






5. The pleasure that is inherent in simply engaging in the behavior.






6. Educational Implications (1)rigorous intellectual curriculum for all students. (2) Focus on math - science - and literature = logical thought/enduring ideas. (3) Goal = students develop intellectual skills in writing - speaking - computing - problem-






7. 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.






8. Assignments or activities designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






9. 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.






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






11. Score designated as the minimum necessary to demonstrate mastery of a subject.






12. Learning strategies for learning.






13. Test that predicts ability to learn a variety of specific skills and types of knowledge.






14. 1874 Began as a training for Methodist Sunday-School teachers; gradually broadened in scope to include general education and popular entertainment.






15. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






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






17. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






18. The tendency for items that appear at the beginning of a list to be more easily recalled than other items.






19. System of instruction that emphasizes the achievement of instructional objectives by all students by allowing learning time to vary.






20. The distinction between conversational fluency (basic interpersonal communication skills - or BICS) - and academic language (cognitive/academic language proficiency - or CALP).






21. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than their age alone).






22. A problem-solving technique that encourages identifying the goal (ends) of a problem - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






23. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information.






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






25. 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.






26. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






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






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






29. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them.






30. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to low scores on another.






31. P.L. 94-142






32. Learned information that can be applied to only a restricted - often artificial set of circumstances.






33. Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly - does not follow through on instructions & fails to finish schoolwork - chores - or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)






34. Person defines her own values in terms of the ethical principles she has elected to follow.






35. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self; adolescent has few commitments to goals and values - and seems apathetic about finding an identity; if an identity crisis has been experienced - it has not been resolved






36. Right = doing your duty - showing respect for authority - and maintaining social order for its own sake.






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






38. Vygotsky's term for the process of constructing a mental representation of external physical actions or cognitive operations that first occur through social interaction.






39. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule.






40. Food - water - or other consequence that satisfies basic needs.






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






42. 18 mo to 3 yrs.; Goal is to gain the ability to do things for oneself. failure to gain a sense of autonomy leads to a sense of powerlessness/incompetence. Child may begin to doubt her abilities & feel guilty when she tries to show some independence.






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






44. The mental tendency to organize perceptions so they make sense.






45. Technique in which facts or skills to be learned are repeated many times over a concentrated period of time.






46. Concerned with the impact that SES and culture have on students' ability to learn; leader in the Progressive movement.






47. Assessment Continuous feedback - informal monitoring of students' progress






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






49. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






50. Religion Wide variety of religious beliefs practiced







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