Teaching and Learning
US Schooling
Information Processing
Language
Misc
100

Cultures differ in what is valued; educational practices differ between and within nations

What is Schooling Worldwide

100

National Assessment of Educational Progress

What is NAEP?

100

Compares human thinking processes, by analogy, to computer analysis of data

What is information-processing theory?

100

builds during middle childhood with development of logical, concrete operational thinking; enables use of prefixes, suffixes, compound words, phrases, metaphors, and meanings of never-heard words

What is vocabualary?

100

The ability to reason logically about direct experiences and perceptions

What is concrete operational thought?

200

Unoffical, unstated, or implicit patterns within a school that influence what children learn

What is the hidden curriculum?

200
1. Public funding priorities 2. vouchers 3. charter schools 4. home school 5. arts in curriculum 6. public education and religion 7. learning a secounf language 8. computers 9. class size 10. role of soft-skills

What are ten controversial issues?

200

found that there is a gradual accrual of math understanding; cultural influences of practice specifics

What is segular's math research?

200

Ability to use words and devices to communicate in various contexts; allows children to change formal and informal linguistic codes to fit audiences

What is pragmatics?

200

Involves organization of things into groups according to some common characteristic 

What is classification?

300

Trends in Math and science study

What is TIMSS?

300

Provides most funding and guidelines in the United States education

What are local districts?

300

Body of knowledge in a particular area that makes it easier to master related new information

What is Knowledge base?

300

This is associated with smaller vocabularies, simpler vocabularies, and impaired grammar

What is Low-Socioeconamic status?

300

Includes knowledge that things can be arranged in logical series; tied to many practical applications

What is seriation?

400

creation of equally valid questions, inclusion or introduction of differant concepts at differant ages, and cultrual bias are examples of this

What are problems with international comparison?

400

Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study

What is PIRLS?

400

Requires the brain to organize, prioritize, and direct mental operations; metacognition and metamemory

What are control processes?

400

These occur when children speak one language at home and anouther at school

What are code changes?

400

related to cognitive advances; ability to inhibit one language while learning anouther

What is learning two languages?

500

Persistance and Effort

What is grit?

500

Programme for International Student Learning

What is PISA?

500

People are like these when they sense and perceive large amounts of information, seek specific units of information, analyze, and express their conclusions so anouther can understand

What are computers?

500

Learning a language by surrounding yourself with it

What is Immersion?

500

English language learners

What is ELLs?