Ed Psych- Chapters 4 & 5 – Flashcards
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How are the outcomes of the Brown vs. Board of Education case viewed today?
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Slightly successful
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What can teachers do to create resilient classrooms according to Borman & Overman (2004)?
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Have a safe classroom environment and positive relationships with the students.
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What does inclusion mean?
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The integration of all students, including those with severe disabilities, into regular classes.
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How do you figure out the intelligence quotient?
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Mental age x 100 divided by chronological age
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What is the largest category of students with disabilities?
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Learning Disability
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What are the current beliefs about teaching the gifted?
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Some educators believe that gifted students should be accelerated more quickly through grades or certain subjects, while others prefer enrichment, which is giving the students additional more thought-provoking work.
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What do participation structures dictate?
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When its okay to talk to another student and how to answer a teacher.
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Give an example of an articulation disorder.
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Substituting one sound for another or adding a sound. For example "thunthine" for "sunshine."
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What has the most impact on people's lives in terms of cultural differences?
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Social class
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What is the difference between discrimination and prejudice?
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Discrimination is treating or acting unfairly toward particular groups of people, and a prejudice is a prejudgment or generalization about an entire category of people
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What is the definition of a handicap?
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A disadvantage in a particular situation, sometimes caused by a disability
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What is one way to protect students against stereotype threats?
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Encourage students that they can improve
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What is a disadvantage of segregated-ability classes?
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The low ability students may receive lower quality instruction, the teachers may have less enthusiasm, and friendships are limited to those with the same learning ability level.
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What does a deviation IQ show?
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How a person compares with others in his age group
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What is the definition of culture?
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The knowledge, values, attitudes, and traditions that guide the behavior of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in their environment
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Which group between college, preschool, elementary, middle, or high school has the largest stereotypes regarding gender roles?
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Preschool
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What does an IEP have to include?
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Education goals
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What should you do if a student is having a generalized or tonic-clonic seizure?
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Stay calm and reassure the rest of the class that everything will be okay, lower the child to the floor and away from furniture and hard objects, loosen clothing that may make breathing difficult, turn child's head to the side and put a soft blanket or other object under the student's head, and don't put anything in the student's mouth.
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Give an example of learned helplessness.
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A student with a learning disability fails one reading assignment and believes that she will continue to fail the rest of them just because she failed that one.
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Give an example of a voicing disorder.
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A person with a voicing disorder may speak very loudly.
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What is the affective characteristic Renzullie & Reis added to the definition of giftedness besides creativity?
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Above-average general ability and high level of task commitment and motivation to achieve.
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What conditions are covered under Section 504?
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Alcoholism, drug addiction, ADHD, diabetes, asthma
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What do researchers believe is the primary reason why there is a difference in cognitive abilities between ethnic groups?
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Biases in teachers, less effort in teachers that are working with minority groups.
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What do we know in terms of age, sex, and causes regarding stuttering?
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Occurs more often in boys during preschool age, caused by emotional or neurological problems or learned behavior
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Give an example of a culturally compatible classroom.
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Using content and examples from multiple different cultures.
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How should a teacher respond when a student uses a different dialect, so he/she lessons the possible negative stereotypes.
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The teacher needs to try to accept and understand the student, but also teach the student proper English.
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What does research on bilinguals and the student's first or primary language show?
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Teachers need to show respect for the students language. ESL programs have positive outcomes.
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Give an example of a language difference rather than a language disorder.
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Having an accent would be a language difference, not a language disorder.
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What learning approaches would be the most beneficial in eliminating gender bias in the classroom?
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Using gender-free language, provide role models, make sure all students have a chance to do complex technical work, and watching for unintended biases.
