Intro to Education 1301 Final Exam

Professional learning community

A group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic performance of students.

Self-contained classroom

Classroom (s) in a public school set aside for deaf students, with separate teacher

locus of control

In education, locus of control typically refers to how students perceive the causes of their academic success or failure in school.

reflection

Looking back on and thinking of assignments completed and learning from mistakes

objective testing

Right or wrong answers and can be graded objectively

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

Setting that is as similar as possible to the one in which non-disabled children are educated

Benchmarks

Standards against which progress is measured

Socialization

The process by which people learn customs and values of their culture.

holistic approach

Which approach is described as having overall concern for the patient, not just the injured part?

Distributed leadership

a conceptual and analytical approach to understanding how the work of leadership takes place among the people and in context of a complex organization.

Socratic Method

a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presumptions.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests.

Response to intervention

a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs.

Authentic task

a style of learning that encourages students to create a tangible, useful product to be shared with their world.

Activity approach

a technique adopted by a teacher to emphasize his or her method of teaching through activity in which the students participate rigorously and bring about efficient learning experiences.

Tracking

a way of dividing students into different classes by ability or future plans

accommodation

adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information

performance assessment

also known as alternative or authentic assessment, is a form of testing that requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list.

modeling

an instructional strategy in which the teacher demonstrates a new concept or approach to learning and students learn by observing

curriculum

an integrated course of academic studies

Values

associated with those different pedagogies, methods or programmes that teachers or educators use in order to create learning experiences for students when it comes to value questions.

Metacognition

awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

direct instruction

explicit teaching using lectures or demonstrations

learning cycle

exploration, concept invention, application

Formative Assessment

including diagnostic testing, is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.

IEPs

is a plan or program developed to ensure that a child who has a disability identified under the law and is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution receives specialized instruction and related services.

Wait time

is the time that you wait before calling on a student in class. ... You give the students time to raise their hands to answer the question. The amount of time that you give students to think of the answer and raise their hands is called "wait time.

Fair Use Laws

laws regarding the use of copyrighted materials for educational and reporting purposes

indirect instruction

mainly student-centered, although the two strategies can complement each other. Indirect instruction seeks a high level of student involvement in observing, investigating, drawing inferences from data, or forming hypotheses.

problem-based learning

methods that provide students with realistic problems that don't necessarily have "right" answers

Mainstreaming

place (a student with special needs) into a mainstream class or school

zero tolerance

policy requires school officials to hand down specific, consistent, and harsh punishment—usually suspension or expulsion—when students break certain rules.

Rule of law

principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern

Scaffolding

refers to a process in which teachers model or demonstrate how to solve a problem, and then step back, offering support as needed.

norm-referenced tests

report whether test takers performed better or worse than a hypothetical average student, which is determined by comparing scores against the performance results of a statistically selected group of test takers, typically of the same age or grade level, who have already taken the exam.

Morals

such as honesty, responsibility, and respect for others, is the domain of moral education.

Culture

the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

cultural capital

the social assets of a person that promote social mobility in a stratified society.

Disposition

the values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors toward students, families, colleagues, and communities that affect student learning

Summative Assessment

used to evaluate student learning at the conclusion of the instructional period