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Elementary Teaching

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1. 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






2. Sensitivity to and capacity to discern logical or number patterns; ability to handle long bits of reasoning.






3. A category of disability that significantly affects social interaction - verbal and nonverbal communication - and educational performance.






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






5. (Cognitive) a developmental view of how moral reasoning evolves from a low to a high level. Argues that people with low moral level are unable to conceive acts of aggression as being immoral.

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






7. 14 years - for at least 3 months each year (with 6 weeks having to be consecutive).






8. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive learning principles for changing your own behavior by using self-talk and self-instruction.






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






10. Education that teaches the value of cultural diversity.






11. Moving from the physical characteristics of language (e.g. - letter-sounds) that are interpreted into successively more symbolic and meaningful levels (syntax and semantics). Often contrasted with top-down processing.






12. Establishment Clause prohibits the establishment of a national religion.






13. Teacher's Role Facilitate discussions that involve clarifying issues.






14. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






16. The application of knowledge and skills to achieve certain goals.






17. Programs in which assignments or activities are designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






18. The degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student performance.






19. Supported complete state control of democratic school systems






20. Teaching Methods Lecture - practice and feedback - questioning.






21. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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22. Mental patterns that guide behavior.






23. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






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






25. Decreasing the chances that a behavior will occur again by removing a pleasant stimulus following the behavior.






26. The application of behavioral learning principles to understand and change behavior.






27. When the teacher demonstrates an activity or lesson before having students do the lesson or activity on their own






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






29. Incorrect responses offered as alternative answers to a multiple-choice question.






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






31. Theories that knowledge is stored in the brain in a network of connections - not in systems of rules or individual bits of information.






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






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






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






35. Block to solving problems caused by an inability to see new uses for familiar objects or ideas.






36. Praise that is effective because it refers directly to specific task performances.






37. 1975 federal law requiring provision of special education services to eligible students.






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Established a school for individuals who were blind in Paris






43. Support for learning and problem solving. The support could be clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






44. The value each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






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






46. These determine the child's ability to reason about social situations. Development occurs in predictable. before age 6 - child plays by her own idiosyncratic rules.






47. 12






48. Environmental conditions that activate the senses.






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






50. Time during which students have the opportunity to learn.







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