Chapter 4 Flashcards
Bilingual Education
Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction
Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods
Content Integration
Teachers use of examples, data, and other information from a variety of sources
Culture
The language, attitudes, ways of behaving, and other aspects of life that characterize a group of people
Empowering School Culture
A school culture in which the institution’s organization and practices are conductive to the academic and emotional growth of all students
English Learners (EL)
Students in US schools who are not native speakers of English
Equity Pedagogy
Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups
Ethnicity
A history, culture and sense of identity shared by a group of people
Ethnic Group
A group within a larger society that sees itself as having a common history, social and cultural heritage, and traditions, often based on race, religion, language, or national identity
Gender Bias
Stereotypical views and differential treatment of males and females, often favoring one gender over the other
intelligence
gender aptitude for learning, often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems
Intelligence Quotient IQ
an intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100
Knowledge Construction
Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influenced by our origins and points of view
Language Minority
In the United States, native speakers of any language other than English
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
possessing limited mastery of english
