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Teaching Strategies

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Evidence that is not generated from research but is appropriate for use when - for example - it is derived from a systematically conducted experiment.






3. Inability to perform some key life functions; often used interchangeable with the term functional limitation.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






9. A type of model that uses analogy to explain something by comparing it to something else.






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






11. A concept in which the belief is held that one's own culture is superior and all other cultures are less sophisticated.






12. A preconceived notion about the abilities of women and men that prevent individuals from pursuing their own interests and achieving their potentials.






13. 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.






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






15. A disorder of children with prominent attention difficulties as demonstrated by inattention and impulsivity that are signs of developmentally inappropriate behavior.






16. One of three classifications of instructional settings in which health care is an incidental or supportive function of an organization - such as a business - industry - and school system.






17. Learning information all at once - which is much less effective for remembering facts than learning information over successive periods of time - similar to cramming.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Learning information over successive periods of time - which is much more effective for remembering facts and forging memories than massed practice or cramming which does not allow for long-term recall of information






28. 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






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






30. The process of recognizing and selecting appropriate or inappropriate stimuli.






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






35. A response that is generated within the self - giving learners a sense or a feel for how they have performed; often used in relation to a psychomotor skill performance.






36. Overall blueprint or outline for instruction clearly defining the relationship between the essential components of behavioral objectives - instructional content - teaching methods - and tools - time frame for teaching - and methods of evaluation that






37. The ability to read and interpret numbers.






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






39. 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






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






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






42. An ethnocultural group of people who have experiences different from those of the dominant culture.






43. 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.






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






45. 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






46. A method of instruction by which learners participate in an unrehearsed dramatization - acting out an assigned part of a character as they think the character would act in reality.






47. 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.






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






49. A category of instructional materials that depict realism - such as dimensionality. Examples: photographs - drawings - audiotapes. They depend on imagination to fill in the gaps and offer the learner experiences that simulate reality.






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