Standard 1 Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is a Developmental Delay?
A developmental delay is a major, ongoing delay in one or more developmental areas. Students experiencing a developmental delay may “catch up” to peers, but oftentimes need specific interventions by educators, developmental specialists, and sometimes medical professionals as well.
Define Early childhood
The ages around preschool, kindergarten, and the primary grades. Students at this stage grow and change rapidly in many different areas. As they move into the upper elementary grade levels, this burst of development slows somewhat, though they certainly continue to grow and change.
Define Adolescence
typically begins in middle school and continues through high school—an explosive period of development begins. In fact, more development happens during adolescence than at any other time outside of the first year of life. Kids in early adolescence in particular experience tremendous changes across the developmental domains.
What is Readiness?
To be effective as a teacher, we must understand that readiness for learning depends greatly on being developmentally prepared for the academic work.
What is Maturation?
The most effective teachers are the ones that understand the maturation processes that their students are experiencing as they move from one developmental stage to another. There are many different developmental domains, and there is usually a discernable pattern for “typical” development across these different domains at a given age level.
Define Asynchronous
the asynchronous nature of development, which means that students develop in different domains at different rates. Some students develop physically relatively early but might be slower to develop socially and emotionally. Others might develop cognitively before their peers but be slower to develop physically.
explain Cognitive development
involves the development of mental capacities, including perception, planning, reasoning, and memory.
Explain Linguistic development
is the development and acquisition of language
What is Social development
describes how kids learn the values, knowledge and skills that enable them to relate to others effectively, and to contribute in positive ways to family, school and the community.
What is Emotional development?
is all about the expression, understanding, and regulation of feelings.
Define Physical development
is how the body grows and changes, especially gross motor skills, like being able to throw and catch a ball, and fine motor skills, such as being able to hold a pencil.
Express what Metacognitive development is
describes the ability to “think about thinking”—to understand what we know, what we don’t know, and what we want to know.
Explain Spiritual development
It is of particular interest for Christian educators. Some people equate this to moral development, but spiritual development involves all aspects of faith formation. In many Christian schools, this is an area that is emphasized.
