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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






3. A type of standardized score ranging from 1 to 9 - having a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 2.






4. 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






5. A systematic linguistic analysis of the structures of the learners' native and target languages. Contrastive analysis can be performed at different levels of language--sound - lexicon - grammar - meaning - and rhetoric.






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






7. Theory of motivation based on the belief that people1s efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward.






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






9. A teaching method effective with children having an attention deficit disorder that combines educational support - psychological counseling - behavioral management at school and home - and medical management using a psychostimulant.






10. A cooperative learning model that involves students with four- or five-member heterogenous groups on assignments.






11. Perception of and response to differences in stimuli.






12. 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.






13. A lifelong developmental disability that is neurologically based and affects the functioning of the brain; disabilities vary from mild to severe and include deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication - problems with reciprocal social interaction






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






15. Test item usually consisting of a stem followed by choices - or alternatives.






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






17. An approach to learning which purports that children must construct their own understandings of the world in which they live. Teachers guide this process through focusing attention - posing questions - and stretching children's thinking; information






18. In Piaget's theory - the type of knowledge as the mental construction of relationships involved in the concrete operations of seriation - classification - and conservation - as well as various formal operations that emerge in adolescence.






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






20. Child often tilts head/rubs eyes; has eyes that are red - inflamed - crusty - or water excessively; has trouble reading small print/can't discriminate letters; complains of dizziness/headaches after reading.






21. Teaching Methods Problem-based learning - cooperative learning - guided discovery.






22. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge.






23. Approach to teaching in which lessons are goal-oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






25. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






26. Curriculum Emphasis placed on the works of marginalized people.






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






28. Impairment in student's ability to understand language (receptive language disorder) or to express ideas (expressive language disorder) in one's native language. If not result of physical problem/lack of experience - indicates a LD or mental retardat






29. 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.






30. Upper-slant eyes; short stature; flat nose; somewhat smaller ears/nose; enlarged - sometimes protruding tongue; short fingers; reduced muscle tones; single (Simean) crease across palm of the hand






31. Important events that are fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






32. A behavior that is prompted automatically by stimuli






33. Derived score that designates what percent of the norming group earned raw scores lower than a particular score.






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






35. Person adopts rules and will sometimes subordinate her own needs to those of the group. Expectations of family - group - or nation are seen as valuable in their own right - regardless of immediate/obvious consequences.






36. Assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching






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






38. 1975 Requires all schools receiving federal funds to provide equal access to education for children whith physical and mental disabilities.






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






40. The public loss of confidence in education






41. A term used by Piaget to describe how children change existing schemes by altering old ways of thinking or acting to fit new information in their environment; contrast with assimilation.






42. Increased in hormonal levels occur - resulting in a growth spurt - males generally become taller than females and develop deeper voices and characteristic patterns of facial and body hair; increased strength and heart and lung capacity give the child






43. Play that occurs alone.






44. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not on his or her own






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






46. In Gardner's theory of intelligence - a person's seven separate






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






48. Degree of uncorrectable inability to see 1 out of every 1 -000 children are blind (vision = 20/200 or worse in the better eye) or visually imapired between 20/70 and 20/200 in the better eye).






49. 3 to 6 yrs.; Goal is for child to explore her world so she can understand who she is within this context. Failure to reach this leads child to experience a sense of guilt about her desires to explore - which could limit her willingness to take chance






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