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The process of placing students of similar abilities into
Ability grouping groups and attempting to match instruction to the
needs of these groups.
Responding to a new object or event by either
Accommodation
modifying an existing scheme or forming a new one.
Mandated obligation of teachers and other school
Accountability personnel to accept responsibility for students'
performance on high-stakes assessments.
Standardized tests measuring how much students
Achievement tests
have learned in a given content area.
Research conducted by teachers and other school
Action research personnel to address issues and problems in their own
schools or classrooms.
A technique in which the listener paraphrases the
Active listening other person's message and directly mentions the
feelings that underlie the message.
An introduction to a lesson that provides an overall
Advance organizer
organizational scheme for the lesson.
, Dialect of some African American communities
characterized by certain pronunciations, idioms, and
African American English
grammatical constructions different from those of
Standard English.
Test score indicating the age level of students to
Age-equivalent score
whom a test taker performed most similarly.
Legislation in the United States that extends civil rights
protection of persons with disabilities to private-
sector employment, all public services, public
Americans with Disabilities accommodations, transportation, and
Act of 1990, The (ADA) telecommunication including physical accessibility
and the removal of barriers to hotels, restaurants,
grocery stores, and parks if that can be accomplished
without great difficulty or expense.
Scoring a student's performance on an assessment by
Analytic scoring
evaluating various aspects of it separately.
Narrative accounts of observed student behavior or
Anecdotal records
performance.
Stimulus that increases the likelihood that a particular
Antecedent stimulus
response will follow.
Antecedents Stimuli that precede and induce behaviors.
Applied behavior analysis Systematic application of stimulus-response principles
(ABA) to address a chronic behavior problem.
Mentorship in which a learner works intensively with
Apprenticeship an experienced adult to learn how to perform
complex new skills.
Standardized tests designed to predict the potential
Aptitude tests for future learning and measure general abilities
developed over long periods of time.
An approach to classroom management that
Assertive discipline promotes a clear and firm response style with
students.
, Process of observing a sample of a student's behavior
Assessment and drawing inferences about the student's
knowledge and abilities.
Responding to and possibly interpreting a new event
Assimilation
in a way that is consistent with an existing scheme.
Attention Focusing of mental processes on particular stimuli.
Attention-deficit Disorder marked by inattention, inability to inhibit
hyperactivity disorder inappropriate thoughts and behaviors, or both.
(ADHD)
Personally constructed causal explanations for a
success or failure.
Attribution theory. Theoretical perspective focusing
Attributions
on people's explanations (attributions) concerning the
causes of events that befall them, as well as on the
behaviors that result from such explanations.
An approach to instruction similar to one students
Authentic activity
might encounter in the outside world.
Assessment of students' knowledge and skills in a
Authentic assessment
"real-life" context.
Autonomy Basic need to control the course of one's own life.
Theoretical perspective in which learning and
behavior are described and explained in terms of
Behaviorism stimulus-response relationships, and motivation is
often the result of deficit-based drives. Adherents to
this perspective are called behaviorists.
A taxonomy of six cognitive processes, varying in
Bloom's taxonomy
complexity, that lessons might be designed to foster.
Form of learning in which a new, involuntary response
Classical conditioning is acquired as a result of two stimuli being presented
at the same time.
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Terms in this set (134)
The process of placing students of similar abilities into
Ability grouping groups and attempting to match instruction to the
needs of these groups.
Responding to a new object or event by either
Accommodation
modifying an existing scheme or forming a new one.
Mandated obligation of teachers and other school
Accountability personnel to accept responsibility for students'
performance on high-stakes assessments.
Standardized tests measuring how much students
Achievement tests
have learned in a given content area.
Research conducted by teachers and other school
Action research personnel to address issues and problems in their own
schools or classrooms.
A technique in which the listener paraphrases the
Active listening other person's message and directly mentions the
feelings that underlie the message.
An introduction to a lesson that provides an overall
Advance organizer
organizational scheme for the lesson.
, Dialect of some African American communities
characterized by certain pronunciations, idioms, and
African American English
grammatical constructions different from those of
Standard English.
Test score indicating the age level of students to
Age-equivalent score
whom a test taker performed most similarly.
Legislation in the United States that extends civil rights
protection of persons with disabilities to private-
sector employment, all public services, public
Americans with Disabilities accommodations, transportation, and
Act of 1990, The (ADA) telecommunication including physical accessibility
and the removal of barriers to hotels, restaurants,
grocery stores, and parks if that can be accomplished
without great difficulty or expense.
Scoring a student's performance on an assessment by
Analytic scoring
evaluating various aspects of it separately.
Narrative accounts of observed student behavior or
Anecdotal records
performance.
Stimulus that increases the likelihood that a particular
Antecedent stimulus
response will follow.
Antecedents Stimuli that precede and induce behaviors.
Applied behavior analysis Systematic application of stimulus-response principles
(ABA) to address a chronic behavior problem.
Mentorship in which a learner works intensively with
Apprenticeship an experienced adult to learn how to perform
complex new skills.
Standardized tests designed to predict the potential
Aptitude tests for future learning and measure general abilities
developed over long periods of time.
An approach to classroom management that
Assertive discipline promotes a clear and firm response style with
students.
, Process of observing a sample of a student's behavior
Assessment and drawing inferences about the student's
knowledge and abilities.
Responding to and possibly interpreting a new event
Assimilation
in a way that is consistent with an existing scheme.
Attention Focusing of mental processes on particular stimuli.
Attention-deficit Disorder marked by inattention, inability to inhibit
hyperactivity disorder inappropriate thoughts and behaviors, or both.
(ADHD)
Personally constructed causal explanations for a
success or failure.
Attribution theory. Theoretical perspective focusing
Attributions
on people's explanations (attributions) concerning the
causes of events that befall them, as well as on the
behaviors that result from such explanations.
An approach to instruction similar to one students
Authentic activity
might encounter in the outside world.
Assessment of students' knowledge and skills in a
Authentic assessment
"real-life" context.
Autonomy Basic need to control the course of one's own life.
Theoretical perspective in which learning and
behavior are described and explained in terms of
Behaviorism stimulus-response relationships, and motivation is
often the result of deficit-based drives. Adherents to
this perspective are called behaviorists.
A taxonomy of six cognitive processes, varying in
Bloom's taxonomy
complexity, that lessons might be designed to foster.
Form of learning in which a new, involuntary response
Classical conditioning is acquired as a result of two stimuli being presented
at the same time.
