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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Learning based on students' experiences - interests - and goals






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






3. A response to a question made by an entire class in unison.






4. Students' readiness to begin a lesson.






5. Facial abnormalities; heart defects; low birth weight; motor dysfunctions






6. A problem-solving technique that encourages identifying the goal (ends) of a problem - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






8. A concept in Vygotsky's theory regarding children's potential for intellectual growth rather than their actual level of development; the gap between what children can do on their own and what they can do with the assistance of others.






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






10. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






11. Differences in developmental needs from one child to the next; see intraindividual variation.






12. A computer application for writing compositions that lends itself to revising and editing.






13. Mild form of autism; may have concomitant learning disabilities and/or poor motor skills.

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14. Assessment Frequent objective and essay tests.






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






16. Consequence given to strengthen behavior.






17. Loses things necessary for tasks or activities - easily distracted by extraneous stimuli - forgetful in daily activities






18. Using small steps combined with feedback to help learners reach goals.






19. The increase in levels of behavior in the early stages of extinction.






20. A change in an individual that results from experience.






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






22. Inducement of students to go along with the instructional goals of the teacher - usually fostered by helping students realize how a particular type of learning will help them.






23. Movements - such as running or throwing - that involve the limbs and large muscles.






24. Involves stating learning objectives; thinking through what the students will know or be able to do after the lesson; what information - activities - and experiences the teacher will provide; the time needed to reach the objective; what books - mater






25. Refers to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function; inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding;






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






27. A cooperative learning model in which students are assigned to six-member teams to work on academic material that has been broken down into sections for each member.






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






29. Learning Environment Collaborative - self-regulated - democratic.






30. Students who are subject to school failure because of characteristics of the student or inadequate responses to their needs by school - family - or community.






31. Father of American Scholarship in Education






32. 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.






33. Parents who give their children great freedom.






34. 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.






35. Explanation of learning that focuses on mental processes.






36. Most girls begin their growth spurt by the start of 5th grade






37. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self; adolescent has few commitments to goals and values - and seems apathetic about finding an identity; if an identity crisis has been experienced - it has not been resolved






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. In Piaget's theory - this type of knowledge is derived in part through interactions with others.*Examples of this knowledge include mathematical words and signs - languages - musical notations - as well as social and moral conventions.






42. Assessment Frequent objective - essay - and performance tests.






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






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






45. Demographics Majority English - w/large populations of Dutch in New York - Swedes in Delaware - and Germans in Pennsylvania






46. 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






47. 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.






48. Terms partially sighted - low vision - legally blind - and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments






49. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances - a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression - a tendency to develop physical symptoms of fears associated with personal or school problems






50. A comprehensive - multipurpose set of instructional software developed by one company.