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Teaching Strategies

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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Technological tools available for people with disabilities that provide access to education - employment - recreation - and communication opportunities that allow them to live as independently as possible.






7. 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.






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






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 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.






12. 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.






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






14. A message that can be sent via the computer at the convenience of the sender and the message will be read when the receiver is online and ready to read it; messages that can be sent and responded to any time - day or night.






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. A systematic assessment taking place immediately after the learning experience to determine the degree to which learners have acquired the knowledge or skills taught during a teaching-learning session.






21. The total inability of adults to read - write - or comprehend information or whose reading and writing skills are at or below the fourth grade level.






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






23. Includes all the activities and interactions that enable individuals with a disability to develop new abilities to achieve their maximum potential.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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.






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. 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






36. [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






37. 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.






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






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






40. A complete loss or a reduction in sensitivity to sounds by persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.






41. Factors that influence an individual's identification with an ethnic group and that cause the individual to share a group's worldview - such as SES - physical characteristics - educational status - occupational status - and place of residence.






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. A computer network of information servers around the world that are connected to the Internet; it is technology-based educational resource that was created as a virtual space for the display of information.






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






50. 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.