EAS Teacher Certification Exam – Flashcards
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            IEP
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        Individualized Education Plan
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            IDEA
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        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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            Teaching Poor Comprehenders:
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        want to make sure they HAVE background knowledge  • inference making (give them prior knowledge BEFORE you start to read   the book)   • OR teach child how to make inferences for her/his self  • use graphic organizers : ways of visually representing the content you are   reading   • use strategies to help kids with attentional control
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            Teaching Students with Spelling Difficulties:
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        teach phonemic awareness  • practice, practice, practice  • limit amount on lists of words to spell (do not expect students to learn too many words at any given time)
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            GENERAL STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISORDERS
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        differentiated teaching  • know your students, know what each one needs  • build organizational skills  • teach self-regulation  • focus on how much the student is learning, how much progress they as individuals are making
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            3 Domains of Learning  (as described by Benjamin Bloom and others)
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        1) Cognitive  - refers to knowledge, intellectual ability   (and other things we associate with school learning)    2) Affective  - refers to values, interests, attitudes  (and other things we associate with feelings)    3) Psychomotor  - refers to motor skills  (and other things we associate with movement)
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            Bloom's Taxonomy
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        1. Remembering  2. Understanding  3. Applying  4. Analyzing  5. Evaluating  6. Creating    #1 = Lower Order Thinking Skills   ????  #6 = Higher Order Thinking Skills
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            Bloom's Taxonomy:  #1 ? Remembering
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        Can the student repeat and recall the information/what was learned?    define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce, state, find
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            Bloom's Taxonomy:  #2 ? Understanding
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        Can the student explain ideas or concepts in his/her own words?    classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
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            Bloom's Taxonomy:  #3 ? Applying
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        Can the student use the information in new ways and apply the concept in a new and similar situation?    choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write
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            Bloom's Taxonomy:  #4 ? Analyzing
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        Can the student take apart the information and explore relationships?    appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test
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            Bloom's Taxonomy:  #5 ? Evaluating
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        Can the student critically examine the information and make judgements?   Can the student justify a stand or decision?    appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
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            Bloom's Taxonomy:  #6 ? Creating
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        Can the student use the information to create something new?    assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write
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            High Socioeconomic Status (SES) Students
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        - minimize competitiveness  - provide less structure  - present more material
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            Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Students
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        - more encouragement  - guard against feelings of failure or low self-esteem  - provide more structure   - DO NOT lower learning expectations but DO present less material
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            Cooperative Learning
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        successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of varying abilities, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject
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            Active Learning  (Student-Centered Approach)
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        refers to the idea that students are actively engaged with the learning process  involves discussion, problem solving, presentations, group work such as buzz groups, brainstorming, role plays, debates --- anything that gets students interacting with each other and engaging with the lecture material