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Teaching Strategies

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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. 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.






8. Intended outcomes of the educational process that are in reference to an aspect of a program or a total program of study that are content oriented and teacher centered.






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






10. [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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






21. One of three domains in the taxonomy of behavioral objectives which is concerned with the physical activities of the body - such as coordination - reaction time - and muscular control - related to the acquisition of a skill or task.






22. 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.






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. A disorder that manifests itself during the developmental period when a child demonstrates subaverage general intellectual functioning with concurrent deficits in adaptive behaviors. Sometimes referred to as mental retardation or developmental delay.






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. 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.






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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