Learning Styles
Differences in learning based on abilities, interests, or experiences.
Learning Diversity
Howard Gardner's theory that individuals have a broad range of types of intelligence, each to a different degree.
Multiple Intelligences
Students who are gifted, talented, or have special needs, such as a disability, and need, or can benefit from, programs matched to their abilities and potential.
exceptional learners
A broad range of physical, mental, social, and behavioral challenges that impact learning.
special needs
Educational settings that provide adapted programs, extra staff, and specialized equipment or learning environments or materials to help students with special needs to learn.
special education
Preferred methods of absorbing and processing information.
Learning Styles
Howard Gardner published the theory of multiple intelligences. His theory includes all of the following statements except which of the following?
a. individuals have a broad range of types of intelligences, each to a different degree
b. All types of intelligences have been explored, there are no more to add to the list
c. schools typically focus on just a few of the intelligences
d. the more types of intelligences an activity includes, the better the students learn
b. all types of intelligences have been explored, there are no more to add to the list
A form of learning that allows students to move to the next learning task as soon as they master the previous one. Students progress at individual rates, rather than as a class.
self-paced learning
A written educational plan developed for a specific student with disabilities.
IEP (Individualized Education Plan)
A particular racial, national, or cultural group, including that group's customs, beliefs, values, and often language and religion.
ethnicity
People who learn best if information is presented in a way that they can see.
Visual Learners
To tap into individual student strengths, the teacher should do all of the following except _____.
a. allow more student choice in ways to explore a given topic
b. help individual learners understand their strengths and how to use them
c. tell students exactly what is to be done and how to do it
d. help all learners by providing practice in intelligence areas that might be weak
c. tell students exactly what is to be done and how to do it
Schools designed to emphasize a particular subject area or area of talent and attract qualified students from throughout the school district.
magnet schools
accomodations
Preconceived generalizations about certain groups of people.
stereotypes
People who learn best by hearing or listening to information.
Auditory Learners
Learning styles are the methods individuals prefer and the way that they learn best. Which of the following is a learning style?
a. visual
b. auditory
c. kinesthetic-tactile
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Programs that allow students to leave the regular classroom for certain periods of the day for additional instruction to meet their particular needs.
pull-out programs
Placing students with special needs who show the ability to keep up with the curriculum in a regular class.
mainstreaming
Describes students who are not proficient in English.
LEP (Limited English Proficiency)
People who learn best by performing hands-on or physical activities.
Kinesthetic-Tactile Learners
Since every child comes to school with a unique combination of experiences, expectations, and abilities, all of the following statements are true except which of the following?
a. this presents challenges for both the teacher and learner
b. the variety of backgrounds adds to the learning environment
c. students must conform to an established educational system
d. it is up to the schools to make every child feel comfortable in the school
c. students must conform to an established educational system
Both students who are considered gifted and talented and those with special needs are called exceptional learners.
true/false
true
Placing students with special needs into a regular class, using modified class assignments, if they will benefit from the class experience.
inclusion
Students whose native language is not English and who are not yet proficient in the English Language.
ELL (English Language Learners)