PPR

Question 1

Cognitive Processes

Answer 1

acquiring new knowledge and skills and being able to apply new learning to new situations and draw conclusions from

Question 2

Constructivism

Answer 2

Learning is knowledge built through experience

Question 3

Schema

Answer 3

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

Question 4

Quantitative Data

Answer 4

Numerical data

Can be analyzed and statistically reported

Question 5

Criterion-Referenced assessment

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An assessment that compares a student’s performance with a preset standard

Question 6

Feedback

Answer 6

To support students academic growth

Must be balanced, specific and timely

Question 7

Input device

Answer 7

A device used to enter information into a computer

Microphone, webcam, keyboard, mouse

Question 8

Output device

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allows the user to view or listen to the data a computer processes such as a monitor, printer, headphones, or speakers

Question 9

Metacognition

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Thinking about thinking

thinking about the learning process

Question 10

Zone of proximal development

Answer 10

Vygotsky’s concept of the difference between what a child can do alone and what a child can do with the help of a teacher (the learning goal)

Question 11

Qualitative data

Answer 11

Ways of getting information that yields results that can’t easily be measured by or translated into numbers

Question 12

Behaviorism

Answer 12

describes how rewards and punishments condition student behavior or learning

Question 13

Fair assessment

Answer 13

Must be valid, free of bias, reliable and clear

Question 14

Learning styles

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the different ways people naturally think and learn

Auditory, tactile/kinesthetic, visual

Question 15

Modification

Answer 15

Changing the content, material, or delivery of instruction

Change WHAT is being taught

Question 16

Accommodations

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Change how students learn the material

Change HOW it is taught

Question 17

Scope and Sequence

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a tool that helps teachers organize state standards into manageable plans
Scope: the topics to be covered
Sequence: the order in which the topics are to be taught

Question 18

transfer

Answer 18

the ability to use knowledge or skills in new situations

Question 19

Intrinsic motivation

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motivation comes from within describes an internal reward

Question 20

Extrinsic motivation

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motivation comes from outside factors

Learn to gain something else

Question 21

Universal screener

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used to gather data on all students. The purpose is typically to put students into groups, such as intervention groups

Question 22

Diagnostic assessment/ Pre-assessment

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assessment administered before instruction to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses

Question 23

Informal assessment

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happen throughout instruction

daily scores, journals, observations

Question 24

formal assessment

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can happen both during or after an instructional unit
traditional test (can be criterion-referenced or norm-referenced)

Question 25

Summative assessment

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evaluation at the conclusion of a unit | "what did my students learn?"

Question 26

Horizontal Team

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composed of teachers from different content area who are all part of the same grade level

Question 27

Vertical team

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Composed of teachers from different grade levels

Question 28

Homogeneous

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of the same kind | composed of students on similar levels with similar academic achievement

Question 29

Heterogeneous

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Composed of different kinds, diverse | Composed of students working on various levels with varying academic needs

Question 30

curriculum-based assessment

Answer 30

measures student progress using materials taken directly from the curriculum

Question 31

Progress monitoring

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periodic assessments given to keep track of student growth toward a specific goal or objective

Question 32

Performance-based assessment

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a kind of assessment that requires students to show mastery of specific skills by demonstrating, producing, or performing something

Question 33

Portfolio

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collection of student work to show growth over time

Question 34

Norm-referenced assessment

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Compare students to each other and rank them according to performance Looks at how students perform against a seet criteria

Question 35

Formative assessment

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Takes place during learning and is used to plan or modify instruction "what do i teach next?"

Question 36

Non-interventionist (Behavior theories)

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Assumes people are naturally striving to be good and they want to improve.

Question 37

Interventionist (Behavior theories)

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Assumes people need external stimulation to guide behavior

Question 38

Interactionist (Behavior theories)

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Assumes that actions can be explained by analyzing the factors around the child (environment)

Question 39

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Answer 39

A civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against individuals with physical or mental disabilities that limit one or more life activities by federally assisted programs or activities