Culture
The knowledge, attitudes, values, customs, and behaviour patterns that characterize a social group
What is Culture
_____ is one of the most important parts of any culture, and it influences learning more than any other single factor
What is Language
Which gender scores lower on the SAT and ACT
What are Women
What legislation in the US ensures that all students with disabilities have access to a free appropriate public education?
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (IDEA)
This term refers to an individuals’ ancestral heritage, value system, language, and customs, and is an important part of culture
What is Ethnicity
Students who “participate in language assistance programs to help ensure that they attain English proficiency and meet the same academic content and achievement standards that all students are expected to meet”
What are English Learners (ELs)/ English Language Learners (ELL)
Who scores higher on standardized tests in early grades
What are girls
How many categories of disabilities are there under IDEA?
What is 13
A term that refers to racial segregation in public schools that occurs “by fact” rather than legal requirement, often resulting from the concentration of cultural minorities in certain neighborhoods served by these schools.
What is de facto segregation
Programs are designed to teach english and benefit students’ academic achievement; they differ how fast english is introduced and to what extent the first language is encouraged and maintained
What are types of EL Programs (Immersion, Maintenance, Transitional, ESL Pullout Programs, Sheltered English)
What percentage of men choose nursing as a career
What is 11%
A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, usually evident before age 3 that adversely affects a child's educational performance
What is Autism
This term refers to the process of socializing people to adopt dominant social norms and behavior patterns. It emphasizes assimilation in an attempt to make members of minority cultural groups “similar” to those of the dominant cultural group in society.
What is a melting pot
This trend is to place more EL students into regular classrooms, which lead to social benefits learning how to interact with other students
What is “mainstreaming”
20% of which gender get degrees in engineering, physical and computer sciences
What are Women
To ensure learners with exceptionalities don’t get lost in gen ed classrooms
What is the purpose of an IEP
This approach also referred to as culturally sustaining instruction, focuses on instruction that acknowledges and capitalizes on cultural diversity in 3 ways: Accepting and valuing cultural differences, accommodating different patterns of cultural interaction, and building on students’ cultural backgrounds
What is culturally responsive teaching
This is an attempt to maintain and build on students' native languages while they learn english
What are bilingual programs
Boys drop __ times more than girls
What is 4 times
Apraxia is an example of what type of disability
What is speech or language impairment