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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. The speech or writing that a learner produces in a target language






2. Difficulties producing speech sounds or problems with voice quality; interruption in the flow of rhythm of speech (e.g. - stuttering)






3. Wrote anti-papism literature influencing exclusion of Catholic schools from public funding






4. Curriculum Emphasis is on basic skills.






5. Requires student to supply rather than to select the answer






6. 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.






7. Person adopts rules and will sometimes subordinate her own needs to those of the group. Expectations of family - group - or nation are seen as valuable in their own right - regardless of immediate/obvious consequences.






8. Cognitive style of responding quickly but often without regard for accuracy.






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






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






11. Adolescent experiments with goals and values by abandoning some of those set by parents and society; no definite commitments have been made to occupations or ideologies; the adolescent is in the midst of an identity crisis






12. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






13. A cognitive strategy that encourages children to use internal speech to guide them through a task in a step-by-step manner; see inner speech.






14. Methods for aiding the memory.






15. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






16. Exceptional learning needs.






17. Also referred to as schema (pl. schemata) in some research areas; in Piaget's theory - the physical actions - mental operations - concepts - or theories people use to organize and acquire information about their world.






18. The application of knowledge and skills to achieve certain goals.






19. 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.






20. Vygotsky's term for the process of constructing a mental representation of external physical actions or cognitive operations that first occur through social interaction.






21. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without it.






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






23. Stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






24. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






25. Easily memorize facts but has limited understanding of them; highly verbal with poor verbal/nonverbal communication skills; have a set way of doing things; experience extreme anxiety when routine is changed/expectations are not met; sensitive to soun

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26. Group that receives treatment during an experiment.






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






28. A systematic linguistic analysis of the structures of the learners' native and target languages. Contrastive analysis can be performed at different levels of language--sound - lexicon - grammar - meaning - and rhetoric.






29. Curriculum Emphasis is on enduring ideas.






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






31. 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






32. Sometimes decision need to be made quickly - and there is not time for reflection

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






34. A psychological movement - started in Germany - that advanced the understanding of perception.






35. Teaching Methods Discussion; role-play; simulations; personal research






36. A conscious process in which learners develop competence through formal studying of the language - including its rules - grammar and phonetic components






37. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage that Piaget identified as the ability to draw a logical inference between two statements or premises in an 'if-then' relationship.






38. Uling consequences to control the occurenc of behavior






39. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or a situation.






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






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






42. 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.






43. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language.






44. Decision making about student performance and about appropriate teaching strategies.






45. Sensitivity to and capacity to discern logical or number patterns; ability to handle long bits of reasoning.






46. A cooperative learning method for mixed-ability groupings involving team recognition and group responsibility for individual learning.






47. A disorder characterized by difficulties maintaining attention because of a limited ability to concentrate; includes impulsive actions and hyperactive behavior.






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






49. Test item usually consisting of a stem followed by choices - or alternatives.






50. Educational performance markedly and adversely affected over a period of time by: inability to build/maintain satisfacory interpersonal relationships; inappropriate types of behavior/feelings; general unhappiness; etc.