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Teaching Strategies

Subject : teaching
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1. The process of recognizing and selecting appropriate or inappropriate stimuli.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. One of the newest forms of online communication - also known as web logs or web diaries - is an increasingly popular mechanism for individuals to share information and/or experiences about a given topic that include images - media objects - and links






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. The process of transforming letters into words and being able to pronounce them correctly.






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






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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.






38. The ability to read and interpret numbers.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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