Grouping
Differentiation
Student Technology
Teacher Technology
Misc.
100
Curriculum sequences to which students of specified achievement or ability level are assigned
What is tracks
100
When one student teaches another
What is peer tutoring
100
A large and growing telecommunications network of computers around the world to communicate electronically
What is the internet
100
Large touchscreen that teachers can use to display and modify digital content for an entire class
What is an interactive whiteboard
100
A website containing content to which the user can add or make modifications
What is a wiki?
200
The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level.
What is between-class ability grouping
200
Tutoring of a younger student by an older one
What is cross-age tutoring
200
Electronic material such as graphics, video, animation, and sound, which can be integrated into classroom projects
What is multimedia
200
Individualized instruction administered by computer
What is computer-assisted instruction (CAI)
200
Programs that target infants and toddlers who are at risk to prevent possible later need for remediation
What is early intervention?
300
Regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
What is Joplin Plan
300
An approach to teaching that adapts the content, level, pace, and products of instruction to accommodate different needs of diverse students in regular classes.
What is differentiated instruction
300
Video and photographs that can be loaded into a computer and shared electronically
What is digital video and photographs
300
Application of computer technology to provide students with practice of skills and knowledge
What is drill and practice
300
Program in which specially trained teachers provide one-on-one tutoring to first-graders who are not reading adequatley
What is Reading Recovery?
400
A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels.
What is regrouping
400
Students who are subject to school failure because of their own characteristics and/or because of inadequate responses to their needs by school, family, or community.
What is students at risk
400
Video content woven into teachers' lessons
What is embedded multimedia
400
Computer programs that teach new material, varying their content and pace according to the student's responses
What is tutorial programs
400
A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality, appropriateness, incentive, and time
What is the QAIT model?
500
A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
What is untracking
500
A comprehensive approach to prevention and early intervention for preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 8, with one-to-one tutoring, family support services, and changes in instruction designed to prevent students from falling behind.
What is success for all
500
Computer programs that model real life phenomena to promote problem-solving abilities and motivate interest in the areas concerned
What is simulation software
500
Related information that appears when a computer user clicks on a word or picture
What is hypertext or hypermedia
500
Electronic devices on which students enter answers to questions and have them registered on a computer or interactive whiteboard
What is electronic response devices (clickers)?