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Cognitive Processes

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

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Constructivism

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Learning is knowledge built through experience

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Schema

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A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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Quantitative Data

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Numerical data

Can be analyzed and statistically reported

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Criterion-Referenced assessment

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

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Feedback

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To support students academic growth

Must be balanced, specific and timely

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Input device

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A device used to enter information into a computer

Microphone, webcam, keyboard, mouse

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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

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Metacognition

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Thinking about thinking

thinking about the learning process

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Zone of proximal development

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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)

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Qualitative data

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

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Behaviorism

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describes how rewards and punishments condition student behavior or learning

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Fair assessment

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Must be valid, free of bias, reliable and clear

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Learning styles

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the different ways people naturally think and learn

Auditory, tactile/kinesthetic, visual

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Modification

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Changing the content, material, or delivery of instruction

Change WHAT is being taught

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Accommodations

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Change how students learn the material

Change HOW it is taught

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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

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transfer

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the ability to use knowledge or skills in new situations

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Intrinsic motivation

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motivation comes from within describes an internal reward

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Extrinsic motivation

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motivation comes from outside factors

Learn to gain something else

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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

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Diagnostic assessment/ Pre-assessment

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assessment administered before instruction to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses

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Informal assessment

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happen throughout instruction

daily scores, journals, observations

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formal assessment

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

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evaluation at the conclusion of a unit

“what did my students learn?”

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Horizontal Team

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

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Vertical team

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Composed of teachers from different grade levels

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Homogeneous

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of the same kind

composed of students on similar levels with similar academic achievement

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Heterogeneous

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Composed of different kinds, diverse

Composed of students working on various levels with varying academic needs

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curriculum-based assessment

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measures student progress using materials taken directly from the curriculum

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Progress monitoring

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

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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

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Portfolio

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collection of student work to show growth over time

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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

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Formative assessment

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

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Non-interventionist (Behavior theories)

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

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Interventionist (Behavior theories)

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Assumes people need external stimulation to guide behavior

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Interactionist (Behavior theories)

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

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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

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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

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