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Elementary Teaching

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1. Articulation problems occurring most frequently among children in the early elementary school grades.






2. Learning based on students' experiences - interests - and goals






3. Methods used to prevent behavior problems from occurring or to respond to behavior problems so as to reduce their occurrence in the future.






4. Term for native speakers of any language other than English.






5. Rogoff's term used to describe transferring responsibility for a task from the skilled partner to the child in a mutual involvement between the child and the partner in a collective activity. Steps include choosing and structuring activities to fit t






6. Livelihood Industry/Commerce = most lived in towns






7. Length of time that a teacher allows a student to take to answer a question. Calling order--The order in which students are called by the teacher to answer questions asked during the course of a lesson.






8. Educational Goals Help students acquire basic skills and knowledge needed to function in today's world.






9. Evaluating conclusions by logically and systematically examining the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






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






11. 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).






12. A hypothesis that students acquire grammatical structures in a predictable order - regardless of their native languages






13. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements that teachers can directly control.






14. Given two lists - each item in one list will match with one item in the other list.






15. Socioemotional and behavioral disorders indicated in individuals who - for example - are chronically disobedient or disruptive.






16. A personality trait that concerns whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal factors or to external factors.






17. A concept which allows children to use information they already have acquired to form new knowledge that begins to emerge during the concrete operational stage but more characteristic of adolescent thinking.






18. Students' readiness to begin a lesson.






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






20. Decision making about student performance and about appropriate teaching strategies.






21. 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.






22. Make sure student understands classroom rules/procedures; seat ADHD students in close proximity to you; understand student may not be able to control her behavior (not defiant); allow student opportunities to be active; use daily report cards






23. Specific behaviors students are expected to exhibit at the end of a series of lessons.






24. Goal is for the child to be successful in whatever she does - as success brings a positive sense of self/one's abilities. failure creates a negative self-image.






25. Test item that includes a question for the student to answer - which may range from a sentence or two to a page of - say - 100 to 150 words.






26. Curriculum Emphasis is on problem-solving and the skills needed in today's world.






27. Using consequences to control the occurrence of behavior.






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






29. Teacher's Role (Same as for Perennialism) Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions






30. Physical consequences of an action is determine whether the action is 'good' or 'bad'.






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






32. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






33. Assessment Collaborative between teacher and student; emphasis is on the exposure of hidden assumptions.






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






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






36. Difficulties producing speech sounds or problems with voice quality; interruption in the flow of rhythm of speech (e.g. - stuttering)






37. The inability to concentrate for long periods of time.






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






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






40. People who are equal in age or status.






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






42. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many way to reach those standards.






43. A program that is designed to prevent or remediate learning problems for students who are from lower socioeconomic status communities.






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






45. Lack of relationship between two variables.






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






47. An undesirable characteristic of tests in which item content discriminates against certain students on the basis of socioeconomic status - race - ethnicity - or gender.






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






49. Learning by observing others' behavior.






50. Emphasizes curriculum that focuses on real-world problem solving and individual development. Most closely related to the Pragmatism school of philosophy