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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Component of memory where limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






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






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






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






5. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.






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






7. A cooperative learning method for mixed-ability groupings involving team recognition and group responsibility for individual learning.






8. Livelihood Industry/Commerce = most lived in towns






9. An apparatus developed by B. F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






10. Stages 5 and 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral development - in which individuals make moral judgements in relation to abstract principles.






11. 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.






12. In Piaget's theory - a concept achieved during the concrete operational stage that involves ordering items by two or more attributes - such as by both size and color.






13. Components of memory where large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






14. Time spent actively engaged in learning the task at hand.






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






16. Demographics Majority English - w/large populations of Dutch in New York - Swedes in Delaware - and Germans in Pennsylvania






17. Help ensure that the results will be an accurate indication of student ability - enable most students to be tested - enable testing practices to be deemed fair to all students






18. Evaluations designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






19. Theory that information is stored in long-term memory in networks of connected facts and concepts that provide a structure for making sense of new information.






20. Assessments that compare the performance of one student against the performance of others.






21. Standardized tests measuring how much students have learned in a given context.






22. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior.






23. 1990 Governs how states/public agencies provide early early intervention - special education - and related services to children with disabilities from birth to 21 years of age.






24. Rapid promotion through advanced studies for students who are gifted or talented.






25. One form of multiple-choice test item - most useful when a comparison of two alternatives is called for.






26. 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






27. Presence of sub-average general intellectual functioning associated with or resulting in impairments in adaptive behavior; occurs before age of 18






28. Teen is not able to develop a clear direction or sense of self. May have experienced an identity crises but was unable to resolve it.






29. A comprehensive - multipurpose set of instructional software developed by one company.






30. A history - culture - and sense of identity shared by a group of people.






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






32. A teaching method based on the principles of question generation - in which metacognitive skills are taught through instruction and teacher modeling to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension.






33. Category of exceptionality characterized by problems with learning - interpersonal relationships - and control of feelings and behavior.






34. Rules are set down by others.






35. Inform decision makers about student behaviors - monitor student progress toward a goal - screen students for specific purposes






36. Cognitive style in which patterns are perceived as whole.






37. Program tailored to the needs of an exceptional child.






38. 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






39. The placement - for all or part of the school day - of disabled children in regular classes.






40. Cognitive style of responding quickly but often without regard for accuracy.






41. 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






42. Teachers' role in advocating for the interests of the students they teach. ELL students and their families often do not have the skills or knowledge of the schooling system to make their voices heard in the school and community.






43. Almost all girls begin menstruation by age 13 - most girls reach their adult stature by age 16






44. Systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behavior.






45. Interactive programs that include videos. films. still pictures - and music.






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






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






48. (those a child exhibits depends on form/severity of autism) extremely withdrawn; engage in self-stimulating activities (rocking - etc.); might have normal/outstanding abilitities in some areas; resistant to changes in the environment/routine; more pr






49. Wrote anti-papism literature influencing exclusion of Catholic schools from public funding






50. Movements - such as running or throwing - that involve the limbs and large muscles.