Vocabulary 1 And 2

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Accommodation

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Learning by changing existing knowledge structure-changing or altering existing schemas in light of new information

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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 transitional period of physical and psychological development beginning around 11 to 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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Construtivism

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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 in providing 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, espescially in very young children. Difficulty in seeing world from another point of view

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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 culture is better than another culture

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Field-dependent

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Perceiving as a whole and prefering to learn with others

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Field independent

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Perceiving in parts and perfering to learn alone

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Guided Practice

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Practicing under the direction of the teacher

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Higher level thinking skills

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The ability to use basic knowledge in analyzing, evaluatin, or manipulating information.

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Interdisciplinary Unit

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many subject areas are included under one topic or theme, also called 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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Stand for What I Know, What I Want to Know, and What I Learned. Used as an instructional activity to establish student knowledge before and after introducing a lesson or unit

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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 taht 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 demonstrates processes, skills, or behaviors for learning.

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Prejudice

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Positive/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 structure(s) for organizing concepts and relationships.

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Self-acutalization

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Reaching one's fullest potentional

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Self-concept

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One's perception of self (neither good nor 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 oneself (can be good or bad)

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Stereotype

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Assumptoin 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.

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Social development Theory

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Vygotsky's theory that social interactions plays a fundamental role in cognition

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Sensor Motor

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Stage of development between birth to age 2 where a child is able to differentiate between itself and other objects.

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Preoperational

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Stage of development between age 2-7 (2-4) when objects are classified in simple ways by important features

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Concrete Operations

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Stage of development age 7-11 where accommodation increased and child begins to think abstractly creating logic structures that explain physical experiences.

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Formal Operations

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Stage of development age 11-15. cognition reaches final form, capable of deductive reasoning and hypothetical reasoning.

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Transformation

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Changing one thing for another?

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Centration

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tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others

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Irriversibility

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The inability to work backwards from your starting point