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Elementary Teaching

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1. Body quadruples in weight and the brain triples in weight - neurons branch & grow into dense connective networks between the brain & the rest of the body






2. A characteristic conversational pattern of preschoolers who are unable to take the perspective of others and thus make little effort to modify their speech for their listener so that remarks to each other seem unrelated.






3. A teaching partnership that often accompanies cooperative or team teaching and is characterized by a consultative relationship in which both special and general educators discuss academic and social behavior problems in the general classroom to meet






4. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response.






5. Teachers should help students set realistic expectations for their academic accomplishments - self-regulation techniques provide effective methods for improving behavior






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






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






8. A condition that a person tries to avoid or escape.






9. Tests of specific skills used to identify students1 needs and to guide instruction.






10. 1958 Passed in response to the Russian launch of Sputnik satellite; appropriated federal funds to improve education in areas considered crucial to national defense/security: math - foreign language - and science.






11. Sub-average intellectual functioning existing concurrently with related limitations in 2 or more of the following: communication; self-care; home living; social skills; community use; self-direction; health/safety; functional academics; leisure; work






12. Help individuals self-correct behaviors and ideas - empower learners to take ownership of ideas






13. 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






14. Release from an unpleasant situation to strengthen behavior






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






16. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






17. The process of focusing on certain stimuli while screening others out.






18. An acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force - resulting in a total/partialfunctional disability - psychosocial impairment - or both - that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






19. Disability






20. A person's perception of his or her own strengths and weaknesses.






21. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences.






22. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






23. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






24. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






25. A mental operation learned during the concrete operational stage that allows children to organize concepts and objects according to how they relate to one another in a building-block fashion. For example - all matter is composed of molecules and mole






26. Disorders that impede academic progress of people who are not mentally retarded or emotionally disturbed.






27. The many small skills needed in a larger course of action.






28. Refers to a pattern of ongoing - long-standing (chronic) behavior disorders that have 3 core symptoms:Inattention - Hyperactivity - and impulsivity






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






30. A measure of the degree to which a test is appropriate for its intended use.






31. The ability to use language to learn academic content. (Including using spoken & written English to do assignments - interact with teachers - and communicate with native-English-speaking peers.)






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






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






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






35. A person is considered legally blind when the best corrected visual acuity is 20/200 - or the person's visual field is 20 degrees or less; not all blind persons have absolutely no sight; most blind persons have some remaining vision; considered blind






36. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success is dependent on personal effort and abilities.






37. The process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise in interaction with an expert - either an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






38. Hypothesis that successful acquisition of meaningful language occurs when a student is exposed to input that is just a little above the learner's present level.






39. 1964 A no-cost educational/vocational training program administered by the U.S. Dept. of labor that helps people ages 16 - 24 get a better job - make more money - and take control of their lives. Part of the Economic Opportunity Act.






40. A strategy that allows students to practice speaking and listening by sharing information with a variety of partners.






41. Refers to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function; inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding;






42. Classes or curricula targeted for students of a specified achievement or ability level.






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






44. Play in which children join together to achieve a common goal.






45. Condition - usually present at birth - that results in below-average intellectual skills and poor adaptive behavior.






46. Peer tutoring between an older and a younger student.






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






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






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






50. Serious/Persistent age-inappropriate behaviors resulting in social conflict - as well as problems in school and personal concept. Caused by make-up of the child - family disfunction/mistreatment - and/or underlying learning disability.







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