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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. The study of learning and teaching.






2. A school situation in which a child's needs clash with the learning and behavioral expectations of the educational system.






3. A theory that emphasizes the active integration of new material with existing schemata.






4. Technique in which facts or skills to be learned are repeated many times over a concentrated period of time.






5. Have a sense of pride in their accomplishments & enjoy demonstrating their achievements






6. Teaching Methods Lecture; questioning; coaching students in critical thinking skills.






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






8. An individual's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices rather than their own.






9. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






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






11. 1975 Requires all schools receiving federal funds to provide equal access to education for children whith physical and mental disabilities.






12. A model based on the idea that information is processed simultaneously in the sensory register - short-term memory - and long-term memory.






13. Suggested forming an annex to the public schools to provide special classes for individuals with hearing impairment - visual impairment - and mental retardation






14. Blurts out answers before questions have been completed - has difficulty awaiting turn - interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g. - butts into conversations or games)






15. Computer programs that model real-life phenomena to promote problem solving and motivate interest in the areas concerned.






16. One of two basic principles referred to by Piaget as invariant functions; the ability of all organisms to adapt their mental representations or behavior to fit environmental demands; contrast with organization.






17. Assessments that compare the performance of one student against the performance of others.






18. Breaking down tasks into fundamental subskills.






19. Programs in which assignments or activities are designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Procedure used to test the effects of a treatment.






24. A close emotional relationship between two persons characterized by mutual affection and a desire to maintain proximity; attachments serve the purpose of keeping the child & primary caregiver physically and emotionally close






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






26. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






27. Can make a copy for the class - but not personal use






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






29. Theory based on the belief that human development occurs through a series of distinct stages.






30. Parents who give their children great freedom.






31. Stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads automatically to punishment.






32. (Cognitive) a developmental view of how moral reasoning evolves from a low to a high level. Argues that people with low moral level are unable to conceive acts of aggression as being immoral.

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33. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






35. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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36. Explanation of learning that focuses on mental processes.






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






38. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them.






39. Can be a congenital anomaly (e.g. - club foot - etc.); an impairment caused by disease (e.g. - polio - etc.); or impairments from other causes (e.g. - cerebral palsy - amputation - etc.) that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






40. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.






41. Tests to assess the student1s level of skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






42. Teacher's Role Facilitate discussions that involve clarifying issues.






43. Removing a student from a situation in which misbehavior was reinforced.






44. Presence of sub-average general intellectual functioning associated with or resulting in impairments in adaptive behavior; occurs before age of 18






45. A measure of prestige within a social group most often based on income and education.






46. Theories that knowledge is stored in the brain in a network of connections - not in systems of rules or individual bits of information.






47. 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.






48. Mental retardation.






49. Assign students to remedial or accelerated tracks based solely on their scores - compute glass grades using standardized test scores - compare scores on the exam to in-class quizzes






50. Teachers should help students set realistic expectations for their academic accomplishments - self-regulation techniques provide effective methods for improving behavior