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Elementary Teaching

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1. Strategy for memorization in which initial letters of a list to be memorized are taken to make a word or phrase that is more easily remembered.






2. The kinds of problems some children with emotional and behavioral disorders experience - including depression - withdrawal - anxiety - and obsession; contrast with externalizing problems.






3. Learning from observation the consequences of others1 behavior.






4. Strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






5. Mental retardation.






6. Capacity to accurately perceive the visual-spatial world; ability to perform transformations on one's initial perceptions.






7. A strategy that allows students to practice speaking and listening by sharing information with a variety of partners.






8. Knowing about one's own learning ('thinking about thinking').






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






10. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






11. In Piaget's theory - the understanding which develops during the concrete operational stage that involves the ability to order objects in a logical progression - such as from shortest to tallest; important for understanding the concepts of number - t






12. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their sensesand motor skills.






13. A type of standardized score ranging from 1 to 9 - having a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 2.






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






15. Classes or curricula targeted for students of a specified achievement or ability level.






16. Learning by observation and imitation of others.






17. A wide range and varying degrees of characteristics children exhibit that classify them as exceptional and require special accommodations for learning situations






18. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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19. An acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force - resulting in a total/partialfunctional disability - psychosocial impairment - or both - that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






20. Educational Implications (1) Literature written by feminist/minority authors should be equal to that of others. (2) Historical events should be studied from the perspective of power - status - and marginalized people's struggle within these cont






21. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






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






23. 1874 Began as a training for Methodist Sunday-School teachers; gradually broadened in scope to include general education and popular entertainment.






24. Achievement






25. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation.






26. Goal is for the child to be successful in whatever she does - as success brings a positive sense of self/one's abilities. failure creates a negative self-image.






27. Articulation problems occurring most frequently among children in the early elementary school grades.






28. Standards derived from giving a test to a sample of people similar to those who will take the test and that can be used to interpret scores of future test takers.






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






30. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






31. Teen has made her own conscious - autonomous - clear-cut decisions about an occupation and ideology that reflects who she is & a deep commitment to these decisions






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






33. Ability to make rational decisions about what to do or what to believe.






34. Less severe - more subtle forms of alcohol-related damage.






35. Mild to moderate mental retardation (some exceptions); may have heart defects - hearing loss - intestinal malformation - vision problems; increased risk for thyroid problems - leukemia - & Alzheimer disease






36. 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.






37. Difficulty scoring - requires students to support an argument with multiple lines of reasoning - depends on writing ability






38. 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.






39. Programs that address the needs of students with mental - emotional - or physical disabilities.






40. A condition that follows a behavior and affects the frequency of future behavior.






41. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






42. Characterized by a lower than normal level of intelligence and developmental delays in specific adaptive behavior.






43. A standard students must meet to be considered proficient in a skill.






44. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many way to reach those standards.






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






46. Continuation of behavior.






47. Degree to which test scores reflect what the test is intended to measure.






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






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






50. Computer programs that teach lessons by varying their content and pace according to student responses.






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