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Teaching Strategies

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1. Describes an individual's adaptation to the customs - values - beliefs - and behaviors of a new country or culture.






2. 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






3. The opportunity for repeated practice of a behavioral task.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. A huge global computer network - of which the WWW is a component - established to allow transfer of information from one computer to another. It provides a diverse range of services used to deliver information to large numbers of people and to enable






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Non-print instructional media that can influence all three domains of learning and stimulate the senses of hearing and/or sight to help convey the message to the learner. 5 major types: projected - audio - video - telecommunications - and computer fo






13. One of three classifications of institutional settings - in which healthcare-related services are offered as a complementary function of a quasi-health agency. Examples: American heart association - American cancer society - etc.






14. Variation in health status - health behavior - or learning abilities among individuals of different social and economic levels.






15. An absence or impairment of the ability to comprehend What is read or heard due to a dysfunction in the Wernicke's area of the brain which controls sensory abilities. The person is unable to understand the significance of the spoken word and is unabl






16. The observed differences between the sexes in personality and affective behaviors thought to be largely determined by culture - but to some extent is a result of interaction between environment and heredity.






17. Systematic assessment of the degree to which individuals have learned or objectives have been met as a result of education intervention.






18. 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.






19. The ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of another person's culture and accept and respect cultural differences by adapting interventions to be congruent with that specific culture when delivering care.






20. The overall plan for a teaching-learning experience that involves the use of one or several methods of instruction to achieve the desired learning outcomes.






21. Evidence derived from research that is generalizable beyond a particular study setting or sample.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. A instructional method by which the learner is shown by the teacher how to perform a particular psychomotor skill






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






26. The process of becoming sensitive to the interactions with other cultural groups by examining one's biases and prejudices toward others of another culture or ethnic background.






27. A common instructional method for exchange of information whereby the teacher delivers individual verbal instructional of learning activities in a format designed specifically to meet the needs of a particular learner.






28. A type of model that conveys a message to the learner through the use of abstract constructs - like words that stand for the real thing. Cartoons and printed materials are examples of symbolic forms of a message.






29. The degree to which individuals understand what they have read or heard; the ability to grasp the meaning of a verbal or nonverbal message.






30. A systematic assessment to determine that extent to which all activities for an entire department or programs over a specified time period have accomplished the goals originally established.






31. Refers to how well an individual can read - interpret - and comprehend health information for maintaining an optimal level of wellness.






32. 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.






33. The level of reading difficulty at which printed teaching tools are written. A measure of those elements in a given text of printed material that influence with what degree of success a group of readers will be able to read and understand the informa






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






35. The present period of time - in which sweeping advances in computer and information technology have transformed the economic - social - and cultural life of society.






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






37. A single - specific - unidimensional behavior that is short term in nature - which should be achievable at the conclusion of one teaching session or within a matter of a few days following a series of teaching sessions.






38. An instructional method requiring the learner to participate in a competitive activity with preset rules.






39. A method of instruction used by a teacher to provide or design teaching materials and activities that guide the learner in independently achieving the objectives of learning.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. An opinion or conveyance of a message through oral or body language by the teacher to the learner about how well he or she performed a psychomotor skill.






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






45. 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.






46. A systematic and continuous process by which the significance of something is judged; the process of collecting and using information to determine what has been accomplished and how well it has been accomplished to guide decision making.






47. 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






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






49. The way information is taught that brings the learner into contact with What is to be learned. EX: lecture - group discussion - one-to-one instruction






50. 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.