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Teaching Strategies

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






17. An absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speech or writing due to a dysfunction in the Broca's ares of the brain - which is the center of the cortex that controls motor abilities.






18. Can be defined as a highly structured method by which the teacher verbally transmits information directly to groups of learners for the purpose of instruction. Oldest and most often used approaches to teaching. An ideal way to provide foundational ba






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. A form of hierarchical classification of cognitive - affective - and psychomotor domains of behaviors according to their degree or level or complexity.






39. 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






40. Scientific inquiry applied to a specific program or activity to determine processes - outcomes - and/or their relationship






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






42. 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






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 process of assessing outcomes or effects of an educational activity that extend beyond the activity itself to address organizational and/or societal effects.






45. 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.






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






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. 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






49. 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.






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