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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. An act that is followed by a favorable effect is more likely to be repeated in similar situations; an act that is followed by an unfavorable effect is less likely to be repeated.






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






3. Connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






4. Movements of the fine muscles of the hand.






5. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior






6. A term used by Piaget to describe how children mold new information to fit their existing schemes in order to better adapt to their environment; contrast with accommodation.






7. Indicates that a person has less than 20/200 vision in the better eye or a very limited field of vision (20 degrees at its widest point)






8. Level of development immediately above a person's present level.






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






10. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than their age alone).






11. A task involving the linkage of two items in a pair so that when one is presented the other can be recalled.serial learning--A task requiring recall of a list of items.






12. Tests that are usually commercially prepared for nationwide use to provide accurate and meaningful information on student's level of performance relative to others at their age or grade levels.






13. Student has limited strength - vitality - or alertness that results in limited alertness due to chronic/acute health problems (e.g. - heart condition - diabetes - etc.) that can adversely affect student's academic performance






14. 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.






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






16. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






18. 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.






19. A cooperative learning model that involves small groups in which students work using cooperative inquiry - planning - project - and group discussion - then make a presentation on their findings to the class.






20. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






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






22. Stages 3 and 4 in Kohlberg's model of moral development - in which individuals make moral judgments in consideration of others.






23. Dispensing reinforcement for behavior emitted following an unpredictable amount of time.






24. Takes coordinated - even steps - steps once on each step - alternating feet






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26. Free Exercise Clause "Freedom of speech" - has been extend to freedom in religious practice






27. The ability to use language to communicate orally or in writing.






28. Not explored identity - not made a commitment.






29. Orientation for approaching learning tasks and processing information in certain ways.






30. Education Many students educated in parochial schools = taught in their native language & family's religious beliefs were an integral part of the curriculum






31. 1990 A wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability; covers employment - transportation - building accessibility - transportation - etc.






32. A pattern of attributing events to factors outside one's control; a characteristic of children with learning disabilities; see locus of causality.






33. Long - narrow face; large ears' prominent forehead; large head circumference; testicles enlarged at puberty in males






34. Support for learning and problem solving. The support could be clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






36. Forms of education Private tutors - parochial (Church of England) schools - and boarding schools






37. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).






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






39. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules that separate facilities for Black and White students are inherently unequal = called for integration of schools.






40. Block to solving problems caused by an inability to see new uses for familiar objects or ideas.






41. Learned information that can be applied to only a restricted - often artificial set of circumstances.






42. 1978 Schools required to provide services and activities to meet the needs of students identified as being gifted/talented.






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






44. Estimated one in 500-700 babies born each year with some degree of alcohol-related damage/defect- alcohol can damage the central nervous system of fetus and brain damage is not uncommon.






45. 1990 Governs how states/public agencies provide early early intervention - special education - and related services to children with disabilities from birth to 21 years of age.






46. 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.






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






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






49. Perceiving selected parts of a stimulus to stand out (figure) from other parts (background).






50. Federal law P.L. 101-476 enacted in 1990 changing the name of P.L. 94-142 and broadening services to adolescents with disabilities.