Term
Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) |
|
Definition
a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions;
Marshmallow theory |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
traditionally referred to placing special needs students in regular classroom setting for at least part of the day;
part of the day, only one teacher |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
reflects a stronger commitment to educate each student in a least-restrictive environment to the maximum degree possible;
all day, with more than one teacher |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the most widely used system for determining the intellectual level of questions; proceeds from the lowest level of questions, knowledge, to the highest levels, evaluation and creation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
can be answered through memory and recall; students either know the answer of do not; 70-95% of a teachers questions are lower-order questions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
demands more thought and usually more time before students reach a response; these questions may ask for evaluations, comparisons, causal relationships, problem solving, or divergent, open-ended thinking |
|
|
Term
Ask lower-order questions when students are: |
|
Definition
· Being introduced to new information
· Working on drill and practice
· Reviewing previously learned information |
|
|
Term
Ask higher-order questions when students are: |
|
Definition
· Working on problem-solving skills
· Involved in a creative or affective discussion
· Asked to make judgments about quality, aesthetics, or ethics
· Challenged to manipulate already established information in more sophisticated ways |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
slowing down at two key places during classroom discussion can ultimately improve the effectiveness and equality of classroom responses |
|
|
Term
Least-Restrictive Environment |
|
Definition
places special needs children with everyone else;
protects children with disabilities from being inappropriately segregated from their age-group peers. Court decisions have urged that students with special needs be educated with children without disabilities as much as possible. These placements can help students develop relationships and reduce their feelings of isolation. |
|
|
Term
Individual Disability Education Act (IDEA) |
|
Definition
not only provided a more sensitive description of the act’s but also expanded the coverage to all learner’s with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the Education for All Handicapped Children Act |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
upholds the right of children with disabilities to protect a school’s decision about their education |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Students who learn best by hearing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Ability to form a mental model of the spatial world and to maneuver and operate using that model |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Appreciation of the natural world and one's place within it; ability to recognize and classify plants, animals, and minerals; ability to nurture animals and grow plants |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Ability to produce pitch and rhythm, as well as to appreciate various forms of musical expression |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Sensitivity to the meanings, sounds, and rhythms of words, as well as to the function of language as a whole |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-
Structure
-
Question
-
Respond
-
React
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Diverse ways of learning, comprehending, and knowing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Is engaged time with a high success rate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Harvard professor who thought of the eight kinds of intelligence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Absolute statements applied to all members of a group, suggesting that members of a group have a fixed often inherited set of characteristics |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
A student's attitude, value, and emotions about learning |
|
|