Terms & Terminologies Flashcards
Refers to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which specifies that no one with a disability can be excluded from participating in federally funded programs or activities, including elementary, secondary, or postsecondary schooling.
504
Changing of the curriculum to meet the cognitive level of the learners.
Accommodation
Holding school and staff responsible for student achievement.
Accountability
Measurements of student learning in a curriculum
Achievement
For or concerned with specific purpose, this term is usually used in conjunction with committee (ad hoc committee)
Ad hoc
Curriculum, instruction, resources and assessment are connected to a set of objectives and expectations internal and external to the classroom.
Alignment
Generally relates to 90% or more of the students and opportunities.
Almost all
Generally relates to 90% or more of the time.
Almost all of the time
Every student in grades 7 through 12 who is under the age of 21 in danger of dropping out.
At risk
Behavior observed and documented to the standard of proficiency for some of the students and/or some of the time (50% to 79% of the students and time)
Below expectation
Educational program which uses more than one language as a medium of instruction.
Bilingual education
Federal funds granted for educational support for minorities, low income, and under achieving students.
Chapter I
Strategies utilized to maintain and increase academic learning time
Classroom management
Formal statement to the appropriate professional behavior and conduct of educators.
Code of ethics
Refers to the use of multiple school stakeholders to make campus decisions and planning, education, and curriculum.
Collaborative
Classroom teaching ideology in which students work together in groups to achieve mastery of goals.
Cooperative learning
Learning that is related to work, life, student interest, to other curriculum and forming contextual association.
Connections
Courses of study that is common for all students
Core curriculum
What is being taught to every student
Curriculum
Going from a general case down to a specific instance.
Deductive reasoning
This is one of the hot buzzwords in education. It refers to the use of multiple activities, multiple instructional techniques, and varied lesson plans.
Differentiation
The protocol required to be followed to safeguard individuals from arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable policies, practices, and/or actions.
Due process