Vocabulary Week 2

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Advanced organizer

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Structure that provides of upcoming lesson

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Analogy

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Logical comparison that if two things are known to be alike in some ways then they must be alike in other ways

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Collaborate (Collaboration)

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To work together

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Critical thinking

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Evaluating info. & logically solving problems

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Cirriculum

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What we teach

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Discourse

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Verbal expression in speech or writing

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Domain

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Related area

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Eclectic

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Using a variety of sources

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Empowerment ( Empower)

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To have control or be confident in one's own abilities

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Explicit

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Clearly defined or direct

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feedback

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Info. about the result of a performance

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Graphic organizer

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Visual overview that shows the relationship of important concepts (ex. Mapping, webbing)

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Heterogeneous grouping

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Grouping students with inlike characteristics or abilities

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Homogeneous grouping

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Grouping students with like characteristics

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Implicit

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Implied or suggested but not directly indicated

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Impulsivity

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Responding quicklywithout thinking

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Instruction

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How we tech the cirriculm

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Internalize

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To take in and absorb as a part of one's beliefs or attitudes

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Learner centered or student centered

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Teaching style focused on the needs of the student

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Modality (Modalities)

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Preferred ways of learning seeing, hearing, touching, or moving
Visual, Auditory, Tactile,Kinesthetic

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Objectivity

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Perceiving something without being influenced by personal opinions

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paradigm

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An example, pattern, or framework for thinking

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pedagogy

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The art, profession, or study of teaching

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precocious

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Advanced in development

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proficiency

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Correctly demostrating a skill

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Project learning

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Independent in-depth study in an area of interest or done in small groups

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Rationale

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Reason behind a lesson or rule

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Reflection

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To think back and carefully consider specifics of teaching

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Rote learning

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Memorizing facts

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Scope

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Amount covered by a given activity or subject

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Self-directed learning

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Gradually shifting responsibility for learning to the students thru activities that increasingly enage them into complex patterns of thought

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Student ownership

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taking control of the learning process

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Subjectivity

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Based on personal opinions or feelings rather than on external facts

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Teacher-centered

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Traditional teaching style where teachers make all the decisions focusing on the subject

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technology

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Any device used to complete an task

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Terminology (Terminologies)

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vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field

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vicarious learning

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learning by watching someone eles without direct experience

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accountability

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holding teachers and schools responsible for student learning

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administrators

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superintendent, principals, who carry out policies in a school district

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at-risk

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describes a student with greater than usual chances of havind difficulty in school due to English proficiency, cultural diversity, poverty,race,homelessness,or teen pregancy

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charter school

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experimental schools operating by a charter or contract receiving public funds but following different rules than public schools

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compensatory education

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special programs for at-risk students

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Compulsory education

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school attendance required by law for every child ages 6-19

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confidentiality

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keeping certain info. private

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ethics

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pricipals of good behavior, how one should act in certain situations

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inclusion

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including special needs children in regular classroomsfor all or part of day

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mentor

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established teacher given the job of advising a new teacher
a person that serves in a counseling role for a student

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modification

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adjustment for students who are in need

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novice

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someone who is new or inexperienced

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professionalism

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conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a career