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Preparation Stage of Classroom Planning |
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The teacher makes preteaching decisions about classroom variables. |
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Teachers enter the classroom with a set of assumptions about how learing occurs. Based on these instructions they plan instruction. |
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The teacher sees the classroom from an external standpoint and assumes that learning occurs because of something that a teacher does to the student. |
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Developmental Learning Theory |
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This theory focuses instruction on the needs and developmental stages of growth in the student. These teachers believe that student motivation comes from trying to fulfill certain tasks of growing up. |
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Perceptual Learning Theory |
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This theory holds a broad view of classroom interaction. They believe the student, not the teacher, is the key to learning. |
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6 Appealing Factors of the K-8 Model of Schooling. |
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Greater parental choice Promise of better testing achievements perceived cost effectiveness smaller learning environments lowered scondary school dropout rates ability to retain community support |
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The instructional technique that provides instruction based on individual differences. |
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Method in which students write how they think a word is spelled and check it later. Allows students to concentrate on what they are trying to communicate. |
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Traditional Method of Spelling |
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Students memorize 10 to 20 words a week. Students are tested on their spelling rather than their ability to apply rules to new words. |
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The Integrated Approach to Teaching Science. |
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This approach moves science away from lectures and textbooks to a variety of materials and activities that incorporate reading, writing, and mathematics while science concepts are being developed. |
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How is Social Studies used in Elementary classrooms? |
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Teach critical thinking Develop civic responsibility Build self-concept Improve human relationships |
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Young children are active participants in examining political feelings and social issues, as well as historical and geographical understanding. |
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How does Physical Education improve students? |
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Physical education includes adaptive and developmental activities that lead to better coordination and psychomomtor skills. |
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Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder |
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Defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a child that exhibits 8 or more of 14 symptoms that reflect difficulties in attention, impulsivity, or motor hyperactivity with onset before age 17. |
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Keeping special education students in regular education classrooms and taking support services to teh children rather than bringing them to support services. |
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6 Categories of Determining Gifted Children |
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General intellecutal ability Specific academic aptitude Creative or productive thinking Leadership ability Ability in the visual or performing arts Psychomotor ability |
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Developmentally Appropriate |
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Set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. It is the process in which the curriculum and instructional methods are developmentally appropriate for children 5 through 8 years of ages. |
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Integrated Instructional Systems (IIS) |
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Replacess older computer-assisted instruction (CIA) systems. IIS links computer lessons to accepted standard curricula and provides an intergration often missing in CIA programs. |
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Learning technique in which children are trained to use one another as resources for learning. |
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5 Organizational Patterns found in Elementary Classrooms. |
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Self-contained classrooms grade level teams cross grade teams total ungraded structure or a combination of these patterns |
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Refers to the movement of students from grade to grade or level to level. |
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Refers to the grouping of students within a grade or level and the assignment of teachers to a a grade or level. |
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Least Restrictive Environment |
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The most appropriate educational environment for children with disabilities. Mandated by PL 94-142 |
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4 Factors Determining An English Language Learner (ELL) Student. |
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- Student not born in the United States and whose native language3 is not English. - Student who comes from a home environment where a language other than English is spoken. - Student who is an American Indian or Alaskan Native and who comes from an environment where a language other than English has a significant impact on his or her level of English language proficiency - Student who for the above reasons, has difficulty listening, speaking, reading, or writing in English, to the extent that he or she is unable to learn successfully in classrooms where English is the language of instruction. |
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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) |
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Children who exhibit these characteristics - difficulty remaining seated - calling out without request - interrupting others - talking excessively |
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