Vocabulary 1
Defining Acronyms
Types of intelligence
100
The inability to do something specific such as walk or hear.
What is a Disability
100
Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act Amendment of PL 94-142; guarantees a free public education to all children regardless of disability - expanded services to birth to 21
What is IDEA
100
A general factor in cognitive ability that is related in varying degrees to performance on all mental tests.
What is general intelligence
200
A disadvantage in a particular situation, sometimes caused by a disability.
What is handicap
200
To the maximum extent possible, students with disabilities should be educated with non-disabled students. Educating each child with peers in the regular classroom to the greatest extent possible
What is LRE-Least restrictive environment
200
ability to apply culturally approved problem-solving methods
What is Crystallized intelligence
300
The ability to deal effectively with novel situations
What is Insight
300
Annually revised program for an exceptional student, detailing present achievement level, goals and strategies, drawn up by teachers, parents, specialists, and (if possible) the student
What is IEP-Individual Education Plan
300
Sternberg stresses that intelligence is more that what is test by mental abilities measures: Intelligence is about life success based on your definition or success in your cultural context.
What is successful intelligence
400
In intelligence testing, a performance that represents average abilities for the age group
What is mental age
400
A term favored by the medical community to describe autism spectrum disorders
What is PDD-Pervasive developmental disorder
400
Score comparing metal and chronological ages
What is Intelligence Quotient
500
Characteristic approaches to learning and studying
What is learning styles
500
3-tiered process to make sure students get appropriate research-based instruction and support as soon as possible and that teachers are systematic in documenting what interventions they have tried with these students so this information can be used in planning. Defined in IDEA 04 - primary advantage: no "wait to fail"
What is Response to Intervention (RTI)
500
Theory that there are several separate intelligences, with intelligence defined as a biopsycological potential to process information in different ways. 8 different intelligences: Linguistic, Musical, Spatial, Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Naturalist
What is Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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