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Teaching Strategies

Subject : teaching
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1. Stands for mobile learning - which is a new strategy that takes advantage of the many wireless - portable - and handheld devices such as MP3 players - that can access course materials - search the web - listen to lectures - and record experiences and






2. The effects of learning one skill on the subsequent performance of another related skill. Includes self-transfer - near transfer - and far transfer.






3. The relearning of previous skills which often requires an adjustment to altered functional abilities and altered lifestyle.






4. The willingness of a person emigrating to a new culture to gradually adopt and incorporate the characteristics of the prevailing culture.






5. Scientific inquiry applied to a specific program or activity to determine processes - outcomes - and/or their relationship






6. Numbers and words - symbols written and spoken to convey ideas or represent objects - which are the most common forms of communication yet are the most abstract types of messages.






7. A mutually agreed-on specific plan of action between the learner and educator clearly defining the specific behavioral objectives and predetermined goal to be achieved as a result of instruction.






8. One of three classifications of instructional settings - in which the delivery of health care is the primary or sole function of an institution - organization - or agency. Examples: hospitals - visiting nurse associations - public health departments






9. A general category of learning disability that refers to the process of receiving and recording information in the brain - which includes visual - auditory - perceptual - and integrative processing such as dyslexia and short and long term memory diso






10. One of three domains in the taxonomy of behavioral objectives; deals with aspects of behavior focusing on the way in which someone thinks in acquiring facts - concepts - principles - etc.






11. An absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speech or writing due to a dysfunction in the Broca's ares of the brain - which is the center of the cortex that controls motor abilities.






12. [electronic learning] professional development and training organizations have capitalized on by using the power of computer technology to provide learning solutions for workforce training. It involves the use of technology-based tools and processes






13. The ability to access - evaluate - organize - and use information from a variety of sources.






14. A specific statement of a short-term behavior that is written to reflect an aspect of the main objective leading to the achievement of the primary objective.






15. A comparison between the sexes as to how males and females act - react - and perform in situations affecting every sphere of life as a result of genetic and environmental influences on behavior.






16. Devices such as the computer - that allow people who are unable to speak or whose speech is difficult to understand to be able to communicate with others - which has added a whole new dimension and quality to their lives.






17. The ability to use the necessary hardware and software to meet the needs for information.






18. A general category of learning disability that refers to orally responding and performing physical tasks - which include language and motor disorders.






19. A record of an individual's improvement in psychomotor skill development made by measuring his or her ability at different stages during a specific time period - which includes 6 stages: negligible progress - increasing gains - plateau - renewed gain






20. A situation or area in which health teaching takes place as classified on the basis of what relationship health education has to the primary function of an organization - agency - or instruction in which the teaching occurs.






21. The ability of adults to read - write - and comprehend information between the fifth- and the eight-grade level of difficulty. Aka marginally literate






22. A method of teaching whereby learners get together to exchange information - feelings - and opinions with one another and with the teacher.






23. The ability of adults to read - understand - and interpret information written at the eighth grade level or above. An umbrella term used to describe socially required and expected reading and writing abilities; the relative ability of persons to use






24. A flexible telecommunications method of instruction using video or computer technology to transmit live - online - or taped messages directly between the instructor and the learner - who are separated from one another by time and/or location.






25. The behavioral and biological differences between males and females.






26. Difficulty with voluntary muscle control of speech due to damage to the CNS or PNS that controls muscles essential to speaking and swallowing.






27. A form of hierarchical classification of cognitive - affective - and psychomotor domains of behaviors according to their degree or level or complexity.






28. Intended outcomes of the educational process that are action oriented rather than content oriented and learner centered rather than teacher centered.






29. Thoughts - attitudes - and beliefs that reflect the social needs and desires of an individual or ethno cultural group.






30. Evidence derived from practice rather than from research - such as the results of a systematically conducted evaluation - clients' responses to care delivered on the basis of clinical expertise - or a systematically conducted quality improvement proj






31. A generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties with learning. Inattention and impulsivity are signs indicating developmentally inappropriate behavior.






32. The gap between those individuals who have access to information technology resources and those who do not.






33. The process of assessing outcomes or effects of an educational activity that extend beyond the activity itself to address organizational and/or societal effects.






34. The use of self as a role model often overlooked as an instructional method - whereby the learner acquires new behaviors and social roles by identification with the role model.






35. The most concrete form of stimuli that can be used to deliver information. A real person or a model being used to demonstrate a procedure such as breast self-examination.






36. The ability to write and read - understand - and interpret information written at the eighth-grade level or above.






37. The physical form of instructional materials - including durable equipment used to present these materials - such as film and projectors - audiotapes - and tape players and computer programs and computers.






38. One of the three domains in the taxonomy of behavioral objectives; deals with the attitudes - values - and beliefs.






39. The values and behaviors every human group assigns to its conventions - which arise out of its own historical background and can only be accurately interpreted and understood in the light of that group's cultural worldview.






40. A reduction or complete loss of vision due to infection - accident - poisoning - or congenital degeneration of the eyes.






41. Interacting with others who represent different cultures from one's own culture.






42. A facsimile constructed to scale that resembles the features or substance of the original object. It may be examined or manipulated by the learner to get an idea of how something works.






43. The conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about client care - most EBP models gather evidence from systematic reviews of clinically relevant - randomized controlled trials upon which to base practice decisions - especially ab






44. A population of people - also referred to as a subculture - that has different experiences from those of the dominant culture.






45. Factors that influence an individual's identification with an ethnic group and that cause the individual to share a group's worldview such as nationality - race - color - gender - age - and religious affiliation.






46. A process whereby parents who are low income and educational level produce children of low income and educational attainment - who grow up and repeat the process with their own children - generation after generation are born into poverty by many fact






47. A desirable outcome to be achieved by the learner at the end of the teaching-learning process; global - more future oriented and long term in nature






48. The resources or vehicles used to help communicate information - which include both print and nonprint media - to aid teaching and learning by stimulating the various senses - such as vision and hearing. These are intended to supplement - not replace






49. The lack of fundamental education skills needed by adults to read - write - or comprehend information to function effectively in today's society; the inability to read well enough to understand and interpret written information for use as intended.






50. A category of common physical disabilities that includes in particular hearing and visual impairments.