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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Belief that a critical core of information exists that all people should possess. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of philosophy.






2. Educational activities that are given to students who initially fail to master an objective; designed to increase the number of students who master educational objectives.






3. A mental operation in the concrete operational stage that involves the understanding that an entity remains the same despite superficial changes in its form or physical appearance.






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






5. Way of perceiving - believing evaluating and behaving






6. Using favored activities to reinforce participation in less desired activities.






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. About 1/3 of affected girls have mild retardation/learning disability; may exhibit attention disorders - self-stimulatory behaviors - and speech/language problems






11. Education Reserved for the sons of wealthy - White families






12. Score designated as the minimum necessary to demonstrate mastery of a subject.






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






14. Policy or practice of placing all students in regular classes with appropriate assistance.






15. Learning from observation the consequences of others1 behavior.






16. Diagramming main ideas and connections between them.






17. System of instruction that emphasizes the achievement of instructional objectives by all students by allowing learning time to vary.






18. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






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






20. A model of instruction developed by Gagne that matches instructional strategies with the cognitive processes involved in learning.






21. The fundamental assumption of the common school movement is 'the public school would be an agent of moral/social redemption that resulted from nonsectarian religious instruction'; exposed evils associated with this movement.






22. Defines intelligence as 'the capacity to solve problems or fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural settings.' 8 intelligences - everyone has all 8 - but in different proportions. You can strengthen your weaker areas.

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23. 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.






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






25. Piaget's concept that refers to our innate tendency of self-regulation to keep our mental representations in balance by adjusting them to maintain organization and stability in our environment through the processes of accommodation and*assimilation.






26. Wanted public funding in 1840s for Catholic schools. Helped the secularization of American public schools.






27. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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






29. Test that predicts ability to learn a variety of specific skills and types of knowledge.






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






31. Educational Goals Train students' intellect and moral development.






32. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior






33. Ability to control one's body movements and handle objects skillfully.






34. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






35. The kinds of difficulties a majority of children with emotional and behavioral disorders experience - including argumentative - aggressive - antisocial - and destructive actions; contrast with internalizing problems.






36. Students' readiness to begin a lesson.






37. Learning Environment High structure - high levels of time on task.






38. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage Piaget identified as the ability to generate and test hypotheses in a logical and systematic matter.






39. Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly - does not follow through on instructions & fails to finish schoolwork - chores - or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)






40. Tests that are usually commercially prepared for nationwide use to provide accurate and meaningful information on student's level of performance relative to others at their age or grade levels.






41. Methods used to organize classtoom activities - instruction - physical structure - and other features to make effective use of time - to create a happy and productive learning environment - and to minimize behavior problmes and other disruptions.






42. Scores are comparable across populations






43. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without it.






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






45. Interpreting new experiences in relation to existing schemes.






46. Explanation of learning that emphasizes observable changes in behavior.






47. Teaching approach in which each student works at his or her own level and rate.






48. For blind students.






49. An aspect of an activity that people enjoy and - therefore - find motivating.






50. People can learn by observing the behaviors of others & the outcomes of those behaviors - learning can occur without a change in behavior - the consequences of behavior play a role in learning - cognition (to perceive or understand) plays a role in l