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Elementary Teaching
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1. Increased comprehension of previously learned information due to the acquisition of new information.
Levels-of-processing theory
Consequence
Maintenance
Retroactive facilitation
2. Component of the memory system where information is received and held for very short periods of time.
Sensory register
Treatment
Selected Response
Independent practice
3. A mental operation in the concrete operational stage that involves the understanding that an entity remains the same despite superficial changes in its form or physical appearance.
Multicultural education
metacognition
conservation
Discipline
4. A statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores.
Verbal learning
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Standard deviation
Instructional objective
5. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of all students.
Refers to a condition that a person has.
Group contingencies
Progressivism
Cooperative play
6. The study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments; animals are born with a set of fixed action patterns such as imprinting
externalizing problems
Prosocial behaviors
Race
Ethology
7. Teaching Methods Lecture; questioning; coaching students in critical thinking skills.
Vision Loss
Consequence
Language minority
Perennialism
8. Concerned with the impact that SES and culture have on students' ability to learn; leader in the Progressive movement.
Aptitude test
George Counts
Seriation
Juan Bonet
9. Given two lists - each item in one list will match with one item in the other list.
New England Colonies
Matching items
Foreclosure
Fair & ethical testing procedures
10. An impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context - both verbally and nonverbally; improper use of words and their meanings - inability to express ideas - inappropriate grammatical patterns - reduced vocabulary and inability to f
Language Disorders
Permissive parents
Full inclusion
Time on-task
11. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
Acceleration programs
Postmodernism
Speech and Language Disorder
Independent practice
12. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.
Associative play
Pedagogy
Meaningful learning
Kalamazoo Case
13. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
Treatment
Autonomy v. Doubt and Shame Stage
Negative reinforcer
representational thinking
14. Vygotsky's term for the process of constructing a mental representation of external physical actions or cognitive operations that first occur through social interaction.
internalization
Identity v. Role Confusion Stage
Cerebral palsy
Achievement batteries
15. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
Short-term memory
giftedness
Individuals with Disabilities Act
Control Group
16. The premature choice of a role - often done to reinforce self-concept.
Tracks
Possible signs of vision loss
Identity foreclosure
Joplin Plan
17. A condition that a person tries to avoid or escape.
Aversive stimulus
cognitive behavior modification
Relative grading standard
Consequence
18. 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
Learning disabilities (LD)
concrete operational stage
cognitive behavior modification
Cognitive dissonance theory
19. A regrouping method in which students are assigned to groups for reading instruction across grade lines.
meaningful learning
Postconventional level of morality
Accommodation
Joplin Plan
20. Study of a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - and after the treatment is applied.
Fair & ethical testing procedures
Reflectivity
Single-Case Experiment
Automaticity
21. A person1s desire to develop to his or her full potential.
Students at risk
Mastery grading
Self-actualization
egocentric speech
22. Learning Environment High structure - high levels of time on task.
Behavior content matrix
Stanine scores
Ages 2 - 6
Perennialism
23. 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.
Simulation software
Time out
Piaget's Theory of Moral Development Cognitive stuctures/abilities develop first
Between-class ability grouping
24. Individuals characterized by specific impairments in speech and/or language
Learning styles
communication disorders
Critical thinking
Parallel distributed processing
25. 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.
Standardized tests
Ages 12 - 18
Common School Movement
Instrumental Enrichment
26. Learning Environment (Same as Perennialism) High structure; high levels of on task time.
exceptionality
Essentialism
Integrity v. Despair Stage Late Adulthood
Emotional or Behavioral Disorder
27. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions asked during the course of a lesson.
Calling order
Learning objectives
Skinner box
Know Nothing Party
28. 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.
Completion items
Time out
Rule-example-rule
collective monologue
29. Students: 1) think about the lesson topic; 2) pair up with partners and share according to the guidelines the teacher has provided; 3) share their discussions with the rest of the class. Each person takes a turn retelling their partners' information.
active listening
think - pair - share
zone of proximal development
Class inclusion
30. Teacher's Role Guide learning with questioning; develop and guide practical problem-solving activities.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
Permissive parents
Enrichment programs
Progressivism
31. Test item that includes a question for the student to answer - which may range from a sentence or two to a page of - say - 100 to 150 words.
Achievement motivation
Autonomous morality
Industry v. Inferiority Stage
Short essay item
32. An individual's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices rather than their own.
Distributed practice
Lesson planning
Foreclosure
Premack Principle
33. Compensatory education programs in which students are placed in separate classes for remediation.
Pull-out programs
Linguistic Intelligence
assimilation
Reliability
34. A teacher or school can make one backup copy of
Achievement batteries
Copying computer programs
Secondary reinforcer
Perennialism
35. Behavior - diagnosed by a qualified professional - characterized by inattention - impulsivity - and unusual or excessive activity.
Reflexes
Progressivism
Constructed response
attention deficit hyperactive disorders
36. Instruction given to students having difficulty learning.
Remediation
inside-outside circle
think - pair - share
Pedro Ponce de Leon
37. Individuals identified with a minimal IQ score of about 130 and above-average academic achievement - usually 2 years above grade level.
Massed practice
new age religion
giftedness
Consequence
38. The act of analyzing oneself and one's own thoughts.
Variable
Characteristics of LD (may not have all)
mental retardation
Reflectivity
39. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'
Multiple intelligences
Project Head Start
microskills
Mastery grading
40. Relates to the accuracy with which skills & knowledge are measured
Reliability
Private speech
Loci method
Convulsive disorders
41. 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
Enactment
Negative Correlation
General Principles of Social Learning Theory
Intelligence quotient
42. Removing a student from a situation in which misbehavior was reinforced.
Time out
Removal punishment
Progressivism
Inert knowledge
43. Meichenbaum's developmental program that helps children control and regulate their behavior; children are taught self-regulatory strategies to use as a verbal tool to inhibit impulses - control impulses and frustration - and promote reflection.
Ages 2 - 6
ransitvity
Heteronomous morality
cognitive behavior modification
44. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements that teachers can directly control.
Autism
QAIT model
Small-group discussion
Perennialism
45. Sub-average intellectual functioning existing concurrently with related limitations in 2 or more of the following: communication; self-care; home living; social skills; community use; self-direction; health/safety; functional academics; leisure; work
metacognition
Characteristics of Mental Retardation
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Identity foreclosure
46. Entry or placemet in specific programs and to diagnose learning problems or strengths
Know Nothing Party
Part learning
Social comparison
Use for Standardized tests
47. Theory of motivation based on the belief that people1s efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward.
Expectancy theory
accommodation
Essentialism
exceptionality
48. Growth that occurs during these years usually proceeds from the extremities to the torso & may be uneven - the child's body grows much more slowly relative to other periods of life.
Bahai Faith
Ages 7 - 11
Alexander Graham Bell
Inferred reality
49. Gauging the progress of students
Motivation
Logico-mathematical knowledge
learning assessment
Socioeconomic status (SES)
50. Methods for learning. studying. or solving problems.
Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE)
Metacognitive skills
Positive Correlation
Chautauqua (NY) Institute