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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
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1. Educational Implications (1) Emphasis on basic skills/certain academic subjects students must master. (2) the graduation of a literate/skilled workforce. (3) Curriculum must change to meet societal changes.






2. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






3. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. - eyeblinking in response to bright light.






4. According to Piaget - children's inclination during the preoperational stage to confuse physical and psychological events in their attempts to develop theories of the internal world of the mind.






5. 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.






6. 18 mo to 3 yrs.; Goal is to gain the ability to do things for oneself. failure to gain a sense of autonomy leads to a sense of powerlessness/incompetence. Child may begin to doubt her abilities & feel guilty when she tries to show some independence.






7. Sensitivity to the sounds - rhythms - and meanings of words; sensitivity to the different functions of language.






8. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences.






9. Assessment of a student's ability to perform tasks - not just knowledge.






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






11. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






12. One student teaching another.






13. The pleasure that is inherent in simply engaging in the behavior.






14. Goal is to accept one's accomplishments and life as having been worthwhile & come to terms with one's impending death. Failure to do so results in an overwhelming feeling of despair.






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






16. Knowledge about one's own thinking; involves an understanding of how memory works - what tasks require more cognitive effort - and what strategies facilitate learning; plays an important role in children's cognitive development during the middle chil






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






18. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules that separate facilities for Black and White students are inherently unequal = called for integration of schools.






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






20. Deaf students.






21. One of three stages of children's use of language identified by Vygotsky that is used primarily for communicative purposes in which thought and language have separate functions; contrast with egocentric speech and inner speech.






22. 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.






23. Supported complete state control of democratic school systems






24. 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.






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






26. 14 years - for at least 3 months each year (with 6 weeks having to be consecutive).






27. The premature choice of a role - often done to reinforce self-concept.






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






29. Play that occurs alone.






30. 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.






31. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions asked during the course of a lesson.






32. Entry or placemet in specific programs and to diagnose learning problems or strengths






33. Person defines her own values in terms of the ethical principles she has elected to follow.






34. 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.






35. Visible - genetic characteristics of individuals that cause them to be seen as members of the same broad group (e.g. - African - Asian - Caucasian).






36. A regrouping method in which students are assigned to groups for reading instruction across grade lines.






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






38. Formerly Chapter 1 - compensatory programs that were reauthorized as Title 1 of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994.






39. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage that Piaget identified as the ability to draw a logical inference between two statements or premises in an 'if-then' relationship.






40. 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.






41. Structured lessons that students can work on individually - at their own pace.






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






43. 1965 part of Pres. Johnson's "War on Poverty.' Provides funding for special programs for children of low-income families in grades k through 12. has been reauthorized by Congress every 5 years since its inception.






44. Parents who give their children great freedom.






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






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






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






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






49. Learning by observation and imitation of others.






50. A measure of the ability of a test to predict future behavior.