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Elementary Teaching

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1. Selection by chance into different treatment groups to try to ensure equality of the groups.






2. Did not require bilingual ed.






3. Piaget's term for children's inconsistency in thinking within a developmental stage; explains why - for instance - children do not learn conservation tasks about numbers and volume at the same time.






4. Different views of males and females - often favoring one gender over the other.






5. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others.






6. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






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






8. The application of behavioral learning principles to understand and change behavior.






9. Situation in which students appear to be on task but are not engaged with learning.






10. Knowing about one's own learning ('thinking about thinking').






11. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to high scores on another.






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13. The process of comparing one's self to others to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities.






14. Strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






15. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior






16. 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.






17. Good behavior is what pleases/helps others and is approved of by them = can earn approval by being nice.






18. The period of life from 7 to 11 years old when - Piaget believed - children's thinking becomes less rigid - and they begin to use mental operations - such as classification - conservation - and seriation to think about events and objects in their env






19. Educational Goals Students need to acquire the ability to function in the real world and to develop problem-solving skills.






20. One student teaching another.






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






22. Moving from the physical characteristics of language (e.g. - letter-sounds) that are interpreted into successively more symbolic and meaningful levels (syntax and semantics). Often contrasted with top-down processing.






23. 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






24. A condition imposed on a person with disabilities by society - the physical environment - or the person1s attitude.






25. Concomitant hearing and visual impairments which cause severe communication & other developmental/learning needs that student can't be educated in special education programs for students with hearing impairmenets/severe disabilities effectively.






26. Right is defined in terms of individual rights/standards that have been agreed upon by society. Laws are not 'frozen' but can be changed for society's good.






27. The influence of needs and desires on the intensity and direction of behavior.






28. A set of principles that explain and relate certain phenomena.






29. A comprehensive approach to prevention and early intervention for preschool - kindergarten - and grades 1 through 5 - with one-to-one tutoring - family support services - and changes in instruction that might be needed to prevent students from fallin






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Release from an unpleasant situation to strengthen behavior






33. A statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores.






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






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






36. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules that separate facilities for Black and White students are inherently unequal = called for integration of schools.






37. Programs that combine children of different ages in the same class - generally at the primary level.






38. During the period of life between 11 and 12 years of age and onward during which - Piaget believed - children begin to apply formal rules of logic and to gain the ability to think abstractly and reflectively; thinking shifts from the real to the poss






39. The degree to which students are placed in competitive or cooperative relationships in earning classroom rewards.






40. Rules are set down by others.






41. Characterized by significantly different psychosocial development from one's peers - including hyperactivity - aggression - withdrawal - immaturity - and learning difficulties.






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






43. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






44. Has three interlocking unities: the oneness of God (monotheism); the oneness of his prophets or messengers (religious perennialism); and the oneness of humanity (equality - globalism).






45. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






46. Mental processing of new information leading to its linkage with previously learned knowledge.






47. 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.






48. Educational performance markedly and adversely affected over a period of time by: inability to build/maintain satisfacory interpersonal relationships; inappropriate types of behavior/feelings; general unhappiness; etc.






49. 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.






50. Down syndrome - autism - developmental disability - schizophrenia - anxiety disorders - bipolar disorder (manic depression) - anorexia - post traumatic stress disorder - print disability - hearing impairment - physical disability







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