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Elementary Teaching

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1. Fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat - leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remaining seated is expected






2. The language produced by learners in the period before they reach native-like proficiency.






3. A characteristic conversational pattern of preschoolers who are unable to take the perspective of others and thus make little effort to modify their speech for their listener so that remarks to each other seem unrelated.






4. Designation for programs and classes to teach English to students who are not native speakers of English.






5. 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.






6. Diagramming main ideas and connections between them.






7. 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






8. Hearing ability is of little use - even with the use of a hearing aid = cannot use hearing as primary source for accessing information.






9. 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.






10. A teacher or school can make one backup copy of






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. Uling consequences to control the occurenc of behavior






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






17. Relating new concepts to information students already understand.






18. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention.






19. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






20. Teachers required to use the same judgement/care as parents in protecting the children under their supervision.






21. Difficulty in maintaining attention because of limited ability to concentrate accompanied by impulsive actions/hyperactive behavior = may have marked academic - behavior - and social problems stemming from inability to pay attention.






22. A discussion among all the students in a class with the teacher as moderator.






23. Has difficulty with oral language (e.g. - listening - speaking - and understanding); reading (e.g. - decoding - comprehension); written language (e.g. - spelling - written expression); mathematics (e.g. - computation - problem solving); also may have






24. 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.






25. Deiceded by state law. Used in Mississippi and other places still!






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






27. General patterns of behavior used by parents when dealing with their children.






28. Refers to a severe visual impairment - not necessarily limited to distance vision; applies to all individuals with sight who are unable to read the newspaper at a normal viewing distance - even with the aid of eyeglasses or contact lens; they use a c






29. Explored identity - but not made a commitment.






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






31. Programs that target at-risk infants and toddlers to prevent possible later need for remediation.






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






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






34. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.






35. Perception of and response to differences in stimuli.






36. Research scores from individual minority populations to determine whether scores are comparable - provide non-English-speaking students the opportunity to take mathematics & science exams in their native language - grade essays without regard for who






37. Accommodation changes the nature of the measurement






38. The adolescent's inability to develop a clear sense of self.






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






40. Teacher's Role Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions.






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






42. 1875 Court upheld Michigan school officials' attempts to collect public funds for the support of a village high school to provide a secondary education for all males = set precedent for public funding of high schools.






43. 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.






44. These determine the child's ability to reason about social situations. Development occurs in predictable. before age 6 - child plays by her own idiosyncratic rules.






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






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






47. Methods for learning. studying. or solving problems.






48. The average test score received by individuals of a given chronological age.






49. Standard score having a mean of zero and a standard deviation of 1.






50. A person's perception of his or her own strengths and weaknesses.







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