Gender and Socio-cultural/economic Differences
Motivation and Affect
Intelligence
Special Education
Learning, Cognition & Critical Thinking
100
They score higher on measures of visual-spatial ability and mathematical reasoning
What are boys?
100
The quest for survival, belonging, fun, freedom, and power
What are the basic needs that students seek to meet according to Glasser?
100
The idea that intelligence is a single quantity that can be measured, like a glass mostly full or half empty.
What is the quantity, or 'g' conception of intelligence?
100
P.L. 94-142
What was the first special education public law enacted that entitled students with special education needs to be educated in the mainstream?
100
Receives and briefly stores sensory input with no regard for its meaning
What is the Sensory Register?
200
Effects can include: greater willingness to accept talking out of turn from boys; more frequent feedback - including praise - to boys; gravitation toward science and math careers vs. helping professions; level of class participation.
What are some effects of gender bias in the classroom?
200
Factors external to the individual that may be unrelated to the task, vs. factors within the individual that are directly related to the task
What are extrinsic and intrinsic motivation?
200
Type of intelligence that permits active and spontaneous problem solving. It becomes increasingly less used in adults and elders.
What is fluid intelligence?
200
Access to a free and appropriate education; a fair and non-discriminatory evaluation; education in the least restrictive environment; an individualized education program; due process.
What are the rights that PL 94-142 (became IDEA in 1995) guarantees students with special needs?
200
Temporarily stores information; makes meaning of information coming in; has limited capacity; often impaired in students with ADHD
What is working memory?
300
They have: *More health-related problems and miss more school; *Disrupted education due to frequent moves, family issues; *Less access to educational toys and other educational experiences; *Parents who tend to be less involved in their childrens' education;
Who are children who live in poverty?
300
The tendency to attribute success and failure to things external over which you no control, vs. attributing them to internal factors like intelligence or effort
What is Locus of Control?
300
linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic
What are the eight multiple intelligences?
300
Characterized by difficulty learning that cannot be attributed to sensory problems, intellectual deficits, psychological problems or access to education.
What is a learning disability?
300
One is knowledge that is factual and discreet; the other decsribes a process, or the "how-to" of something
What are declarative and procedural knowledge?
400
Different conceptions of time; language and dialect; eye contact; personal space; responding to questions; competition vs. cooperation; willingness to stand out from the group;emotional expressiveness
What are the effects of culture in the classroom?
400
The thinking areas of the brain "freeze up" and the brain goes into survival mode, or fight or flight.
What is downshifting?
400
90-110 IQ
What is considered to be an average intelligence score?
400
Five or more characteristics that both gifted students and students with ADHD share.
What are difficulty sustaining attention; creative problem-solving; difficulty completing projects; tendency to question authority; highly sensitive to criticism; low tolerance for repetitive or uninteresting activities; often lose things necessary to complete tasks.
400
Rehearsal; meaningful learning; category chunking; mnemonic devices; elaboration; overlearning
What are ways to get information to stay in long-term memory?
500
Identify your own cultural lens and potential biases; learn about your students' backgrounds; incorporate perspectives and traditions of many cultures into the classroom; expose and break down racial & cultural stereotypes; have your students' ethnic and racial identities readily visible in the materials, decorations and activities of the classroom.
What are some strategies for creating a culturally inclusive classroom?
500
Using conscious breath; eating and sleeping well; getting regular exercise; using humor; creating a routine; being well-prepared; pacing oneself; taking frequent breaks.
What are some ways to manage anxiety?
500
Vary the lessons and activities on a regular basis from hands-on, to visual, to reading/writing, to interactive, etc.; occasionally allow students choice in how they want to demonstrate subject mastery; look for flashes of intelligence in unexpected places and find ways to use/build on it.
What are some ways teachers can make make use of students' different intelligences?
500
One is a detailed plan that outlines the strategies, modifications and accommodations that a student with a disability will receive to enable them to be successful; the other is a civil rights statute that guarantees students with disabilties equal access to their education with no guarantee of success.
What is an IEP (Individual Education Plan) vs. a 504 Plan?
500
Thinks for her/himself; suspends judgment when lacking sufficient evidence;avoids oversimplification and is comfortable with complexity; evaluates the credibility of sources used to justify beliefs; tests and refines generalizations;questions deeply but reasonably.
What are some characteristics of a person who thinks critically?
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