Test 2 Flashcards

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Microsystem

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The environment in which individuals deal with family, friends, and schools. It consists of an immediate neighborhood in a child’s life.

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Mesosystem

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The system that links various Microsystems. It provides the overlap that occurs in our lives when one area of our experience intertwined with another.

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Exosystem

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The external environment that influences our lives. We usually have very little control over this.

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Macrosystem

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This is the overarching culture in which a child lives.

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Chronosystem

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The sequence of sociohistoric developments that occur during a child’s life.

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TEKS

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State standards that guide what content we teach.

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Focus

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Focuses the students on the learning objective.

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Learning objective

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Identifies what is to be learned by the end of the lesson.

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Relevance

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Explains why it is important to accomplish the objective.

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Direct Instruction

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Gives student information, sources, and skills they will need to accomplish the objective.

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Modeling

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Shows the process or product of what students are learning.

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Check for understanding

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Allows the teacher to informally verify if the student understands what they are learning throughout the lesson.

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Guided Practice

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Allows the students time to try the new learning under teacher guidance.

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Closure

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Allows students time to mentally summarize and internalize the new learning.

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Independent Practice.

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Students try new learning on their own to develop fluency.

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Assessment

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Links back to the objective; formal or informal; allows students to show individual mastery of the objective.

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ELPS

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Language proficiency standards.

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Level 1- Knowledge

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Bring to mind appropriate materials and answers.

Recall or recognize specific information.

Define, label, recite, memorize, name, identify, describe, locate, select, recognize, state, repeat.

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Level 2- Comprehension

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Understand the information given or communicated.

Make use of an idea in the similar situation.

Restate, rewrite, give examples, summarize, locate, paraphrase, convert, illustrate, explain, express.

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Level 3- Application

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Use ideas, theories, methods, concepts, or principles in new situations.

Uses something in a different way.

Apply, dramatize, demonstrate, modify, translate, construct.

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Level 4- Analysis

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Break down into smaller parts.

Make something clearer by examining it closely.

Analyze, distinguish, separate, examine, compare/contrast, classify, subdivide, differentiate, calculate.

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Level 5- Synthesis

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Put together parts into a unified whole.

Express original thoughts or make original products.

Combine, design, invent, plan, compose, organize, develop, create.

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Level 6- Evaluation

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Judge the value of something according to specific criteria.

Develop and apply standards and criteria.

Judge, recommend, debate, evaluate, summarize, criticize.

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Verbal/Linguistic

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Learn best through language.

Listening, speaking, reading, writing, telling, and discussing.

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Logical/Mathematical

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Learn best using numbers and analysis.

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Visual/Spatial

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Learn best when they can represent information visually.

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Bodily/Kinesthetic

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Learn best through action, hands-on activities, and the opportunity to manipulate materials.

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Musical

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Learn best through rhythm and music.

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Interpersonal

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Enjoy working and playing with others.

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Intrapersonal

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Enjoy working alone.

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Naturalistic

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Learn best when they can figure out how things work, observe, and investigate.

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Mountain Basin Region

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El Passo
Fort Davis
Big Bend
Farming and ranching
Least populated.
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Great Plains

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Amarillo, Odessa, Midland, Lubbock
Windy
Coolest temperatures. 
Rainy
Farming
Wheat and cotton
Cattle, oil, and wind energy.
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Central Plains

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Abilene 
DFW
Austin
Hill country
Hot Windy and flat. 
Oil
Commerce
Ranching
Cotton
Tourism
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Gulf or Coastal Plains

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Houston
San Antonio
Tyler
Oil
Fishing
Humid
Rainy
NASA
Pollution
Factories.
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Basin

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A bowl shaped landform surrounded by higher land.

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Bay

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Part of an ocean or lake that extends deeply into the land.

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Canal

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A channel built to carry water for irrigation or transport.

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Canyon

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A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.

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Coast

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The land along an ocean.

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Delta

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Land made of soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.

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Fault

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The boarder between two of the plates that make up the Earth’s crust.

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Gulf

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Part of an ocean that extends into the land. Larger than a bay.

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Harbor

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A sheltered place along a coast where boats dock safely.

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Island

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A body of land completely surrounded by water.

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Mesa

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A hill with a flat top, smaller than a plateau.

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Mouth

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The place where a river empties into a larger body of water.

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Peninsula

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A body of land nearly surrounded by water.

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Plain

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A large area of nearly flat land.

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Plateau

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A high, flat area that rises steeply above the surrounding land.

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Port

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A place where ships load and unload their goods.

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Reservoir

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A natural or artificial lake used to store water.

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Source

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The starting point of a river.

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Valley

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An area of low land between hills or mountains.

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Urban

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A big city or town. Crowded with skyscrapers. Downtown.

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Suburban

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Places outside of the city. People living here often commute to big cities.

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Rural

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Farm land. Less populated. More space between homes and most people own large amounts of land.

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Native American Tribes in Texas

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Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Karankawa, Kiowa, Tonkawa.

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Local Leader

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Mayor and city council

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Responsibilities of local government.

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Maintain roads
Set speed limits
Maintain parks
City budget 
Planning and zoning
Water/sewer/trash 
First responders.
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Local education responsibilities.

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School board in charge. 
How many schools
Where are the schools
Budgets
Bus routes
Hiring/firing.
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State government executive branch

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Led by governor and cabinet

Carry out laws

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State legislative branch

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House
150 elected members serve for 2 years and can be reelected.

Senate
31 elected members serve for 4 years can be reelected.

Writ laws

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State government responsibilities

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Taxes
Highways
State parks
State police
Prisons
Planning and zoning.
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State education

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State board of education in charge. 
State testing
Certification of teachers. 
Curriculum
Budgets 
State colleges.
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National government executive branch

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President and cabinet
Carry out laws
All elected

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National legislative branch

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Write laws

House
Based on population all elected, 2 year term but can be reelected.

Senate
2 per state all elected, 6 year term can be reelected.

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National judicial branch

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Judges and justices
Appointed
Serve for life
Interpret laws.

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National government responsibilities.

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FDIC
Banks
Interstates
Trade 
Healthcare
Military
Foreign Relations
National Parks and Landmarks
Budget
Income Tax
Medicare/Medicaid.
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National Education

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Standardized Testing (SAT and ACT)
National Standards
Budget
Head  Start
No Child Left Behind
Race to the Top