Garza Vocab 1-2

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Accomodation

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Learning by challenging existing knowledge structures

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Acculturation

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Blending a native culture with a new culture, keeping elements of both

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Adolescence

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A traditional period of physical and psychological development beginning around 11-13 years, extending through the teenage years

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Affective Domain

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Feelings, emotions, values, and attitudes

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Assimilation

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Learning by adding new knowledge to existing knowledge

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Biracial or multiracial

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Having ancestors from two or more racial groups

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Cognitive Domain

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Memory, reasoning, and thinking abilities

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Constructivism

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Learner- centered approach to teaching; students construct knowledge for themselves

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Cultural Pluralism

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A system in which many different cultural groups are valued and share power

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Culture

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A way of life shared by members of a certain group, including values, beliefs, and attitudes

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Development

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Changes taking place as one grows

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Developmentally appropriate or age appropriate

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Considering the age and stage of growth of the child inproviding and planning learning experiences

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Diversity

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Variety of different groups within the same setting

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Egocentric

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Self-Centeredness, especially in very young children

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Ethnic group or ethnicity

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A social group defined on the basis of its religious, national, or cultural characteristics

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Ethnocentrism

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Believing one's cultures is better than other cultures

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Field-dependent

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Perceiving as a whole and prefering to learn with others

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Guided practice

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Practicing under the direction of a teacher

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Higher level thinking skills

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The ablity to use basic knowledge in analyzing, evaluating, or manipulating information

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Interdisciplinary unit

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Many subject areas are included under one topic or theme (aka Thematic units or Integrated Approach)

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Kinesthetic (tactile) learners

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Students who learn best by movement

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KWL

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Stands for What I Know, What I Want to Know and What I learned. Used as an instructional activity (pre and post)

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Maturation or development

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The process of growing and changing

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Melting Pot Theory

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The theory that cultures should blend into the main culture, losing unique characteristics

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Metacognition

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Ability to monitor and think about one's own thinking,learning, and remembering

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Modeling

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The teacher or student demonstrated processes, skills, or behaviors for learning

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Prejudice

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Postive/negative mindset for a group of people

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Psychomotor domain

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Physical activities or skills

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Salad Bowl Theory

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The theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness

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Scaffolding

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Support for learning and problem solving that is withdrawn as competence improves

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Schema

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Mental structures for organnizing concepts and relationships

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Self-actualization

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Reaching one's fullest potential

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Self-concept

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One's perception of self (neither good or bad)

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Self-efficacy

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Self confidence that one can succeed(good)

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Self esteem

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Feelings about onself (can be good or bad)

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Stereotype

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Assumption about certain types of people

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Tactile learners

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Students who learn best by touch

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Zone of proximal development

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Difference between what a student can do alone and with help from a peer or adult (Vygotsky)

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Sensorimotor

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Using senses and actions to understand the orld; beginning to use imitation, memory, and thought; repersenting reality in the mind

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Preoperational

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Using representations rather than motor actions;ability to think through logically in one direction; thinking dominated by egocentrism

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Concrete

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Logical problem solving only using hands on material; thinking in more than one direction, understanding concepts of conservation and classification

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Formal operations

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Understanding highly abstract concepts; logical reasoning and scientific thinking; developing concerns about identity and social issues

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Cent ration

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Tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
(Pre-operational)

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Irreversibility

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The inability to realize that certain processes can be undone or reversed. (pre-operational)

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Transformation

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The inability to realize that certain processes can be undone or reversed),

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Social Development Theory

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promotes learning contexts in which students play an active role in learning. Roles of the teacher and student are therefore shifted, as a teacher should collaborate with his or her students in order to help facilitate meaning construction in students.social learning tends to precede (i.e. come before) development.