PEOPLE
EXCEPTIONAL ED
ASSESSMENT
THEORIES
TERMINOLOGY
100
Piaget
His theory identifies four stages of cognitive development and the processes by which children progress through them
100
least restrictive environment
What is LRE
100
testing demonstrates consistency in scores
What is reliability
100
Left/right brain theory
What is the theory that describes learners as logical(analytical) or random (creative)
100
mentoring
What is the act of one student helping another
200
Bruner
What is scafolding
200
Individualized Education Program
What is IEP
200
testing procedures are uniform
What is standardization
200
Scaffolding
What is: visual organizers, outlines how new information is organized- how information is processed
200
Discovery learning
What is it called when a teacher organizes the class so students can learn by becoming actively involved- teacher monitors instead of instucting
300
Erikson
What is psycho-social development (praise)
300
Individual with Disabilities Education Act
What is IDEA
300
Criterion Referenced evaluation
What is it called when a test measures student knowledge based on set criterion- standards based- mastery testing- based on a established number to pass like the PLT
300
Vygotsky
What is : the social and cultural environments of your students affect their cognitive development
300
direct instruction
What is lecturing
400
Gardner
What is multiple intelligences- advocates instruction appeal to all the intelligences, musical, cooperative learning, role playing
400
free and appropriate Education
What is FAPE
400
factual knowledge
What is objective assessment
400
Piaget
This person identifies stages of cognitive development and concludes that we must plan a developmentally appropriate curriculum
400
visual organizers, outlines
What is scaffolding
500
control theory- if students are not motivated its because they view school work irrelevant to their basic needs
What is Glasser's theory
500
birth to 21
What is the ages for FAPE
500
student scores compared to scores of other students
What is Norm referenced evaluation
500
Vygotsky
What is the zone of Proximal Development- theory on social learning
500
using a rubric for evaluation
What is performance based testing
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