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76 Cards in this Set
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Accommodation
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Learning by changing existing knowledge
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Acculturation
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Keeping elements of both native culture and new culture
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Adolescence
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A transitional period of physical and psychological development
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Advanced Organizer
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A preview of the upcoming lesson
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Affective Domain
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Feelings, emotions, attitudes
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Analogy
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A logical comparison
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Assimilation
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Learning by adding new knowledge to existing
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Biracial / Multiracial
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Having ancestors from different racial groups
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Cognitive Domain
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Memory and thinking ability
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Collaborate
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working together
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Constructivism
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Student centered approach to teaching
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Critical Thinking
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Evaluating information and solving problems logically
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Cultural pluralism
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Valuing many different cultural groups
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Culture
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A way of life shared by members of a group
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Curriculum
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What we teach
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Development
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Changes taking place as one grows
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Developmentally appropriate / Age appropriate
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planning considering age and stage
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Discourse
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Verbal expression
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Diversity
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Variety of different groups in the same setting
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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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Egocentric
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Self- centered
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Empower
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To be confident in one's abilities
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Ethnic group / Ethnicity
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Social group defined by certain characteristics
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Ethnocentrism
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Believing one's culture is better than others
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Explicit
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Clearly defined or correct
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feedback
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Information about the result of a performance
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Field-dependent
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Perceiving as a whole
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Field-independent
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Perceiving in parts
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Graphic Organizer
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Visual overview showing relationships of concepts
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Guided Practice
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Students working together under the teachers direction
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Heterogeneous grouping
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Grouped students with unlike abilities
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Higher level thinking skills
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Analyzing, evaluating, or manipulating information
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Homogeneous grouping
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Grouped students with like abilities
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Implicit
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Implied or suggested
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Impulsivity
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Tendency to respond quickly without thinking
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Instruction
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How curriculum is taught
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Interdisciplinary unit
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many subject areas centered around one topic
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Internalize
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to take in or absorb
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Kinesthetic learners
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students who learn best by movement
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KWL
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Instructional activity used to establish background knowledge
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Student Centered
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teaching style that focuses on the students
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Maturation
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Process of growing and changing
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Melting pot theory
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Belief that cultures should blend into the main culture (America)
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Metacognition
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Thinking about thinking
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Modality
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preferred way of learning
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Modeling
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demonstration of skills to be learned
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Objectivity
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Perceiving something without personal opinion
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Paradigm
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Example, pattern, or framework for thinking
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Pedagogy
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Art, profession, or study of teaching
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Precocious
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Advanced in development
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Prejudice
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Negative mindset for a group of people
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Proficiency
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correctly demonstrating a skill
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Project learning
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an in-depth study in an area of interest
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Psychomotor Domain
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Physical activities or skills
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Rationale
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reason behind a lesson or rule
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Reflection
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Thinking back and carefully considering
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Rote learning
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Memorizing facts or associations
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Salad bowl theory
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Theory of mixing cultures but retaining uniqueness
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Scaffolding
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support for learning taken away as student progresses
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Scope
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Amount covered by a given activity or subject
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Schema
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Mental structure for organizing concepts
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Self-actualization
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Reaching one's full potential
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Self- concept
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Perception of one's self
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Self- directed learning
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gradually shifting responsibility for learning to the students
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Self- efficacy
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Self- confidence that one can succeed
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Self- esteem
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Feelings about oneself
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Stereotype
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Assumption about certain types of people
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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 rather than facts
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Tactile Learners
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Students who learn best by touch
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teacher - centered
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Style in which teachers make all the decisions focusing on the subject
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Technology
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Any device used to complete a task
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Terminology
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Technical terms used in a particular field
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Vicarious Learning
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learning without direct experience
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Zone of proximal development
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Difference between what a student can do alone and with help
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