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Teaching Strategies

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1. The behavioral and biological differences between males and females.






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






9. 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.






10. Non-print instructional media that can influence all three domains of learning and stimulate the senses of hearing and/or sight to help convey the message to the learner. 5 major types: projected - audio - video - telecommunications - and computer fo






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






12. 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.






13. A single - specific - unidimensional behavior that is short term in nature - which should be achievable at the conclusion of one teaching session or within a matter of a few days following a series of teaching sessions.






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. The ability to read and interpret numbers.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. An absence or impairment of the ability to comprehend What is read or heard due to a dysfunction in the Wernicke's area of the brain which controls sensory abilities. The person is unable to understand the significance of the spoken word and is unabl






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






39. Systematic assessment of the degree to which individuals have learned or objectives have been met as a result of education intervention.






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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






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