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Teaching Strategies

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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






8. A complex concept that is an integral part of each person's life and includes knowledge - beliefs - values - morals - customs - traditions - and habits acquired by the members of a society.






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






13. Devices such as the computer - that allow people who are unable to speak or whose speech is difficult to understand to be able to communicate with others - which has added a whole new dimension and quality to their lives.






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






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






26. A discipline that analyzes consumers' needs for information - studies and implements methods of making information accessible to consumers - and models and integrates consumer preferences into medical information systems






27. 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.






28. The ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of another person's culture and accept and respect cultural differences by adapting interventions to be congruent with that specific culture when delivering care.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. Evidence derived from practice rather than from research - such as the results of a systematically conducted evaluation - clients' responses to care delivered on the basis of clinical expertise - or a systematically conducted quality improvement proj






39. 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.






40. 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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. 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