Understanding Diversity In The Classroom

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Achievement gap

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A term used to describe the difference and academic achievement between African-American or Latino students and white, middle-SES students

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Ability grouping

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A method in which students of similar abilities are placed into groups so that instruction can be matched to the group needs

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Bilingual education

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Instructional programs for students are provided instruction in their first language as well as the language of the majority; transitional bilingual education, early exit bilingual program, late exit bilingual program, pull out programs, paired bilingual education, dual language programs = two-way programs

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Cognitive styles

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Characteristic ways of processing information that develop unconsciously around underlying personality trends

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Cultural deficit model

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A model used to explain the achievement gap as the result of home culture that fails to prepare students to succeed academically as compared to the mainstream culture

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Dialect

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A special form of a language with distinctive pronunciations and grammatical structures

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Differentiated instruction

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Providing different learning environments to different students that are sensitive to individual levels of readiness

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Gender

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Traits and behaviors that a particular culture believes to be appropriate for men and women

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General intelligence

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The term used for the theory that intelligence is a single trait that people have in varying degrees

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Inclusion

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A comprehensive approach to educating exceptional children and regular classrooms with a coordinated web of services

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Individualized education program (IEP)

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And instructional plan mandated by IDEA that is devised by the general and special education teachers, resource professionals, and parents to meet the needs of exceptional students

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Individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA)

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A series of majors special education laws which prescribe a free appropriate public education for every child

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Intelligence quotient (IQ)

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A global index of people’s intelligence, derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure intelligence

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Language minority

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And minority group whose primary language is different than that of the majority group

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Learning preferences

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Individuals approach to studying and learning different from cognitive styles and that they are conscious inclinations that maybe subject specific

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Least Restrictive environment (LRE)

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A setting where exceptional students have the opportunity to be educated with non-exceptional peers to the greatest extent possible

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Prereferral

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A process where interventions are first attempted in general education before a student is referred for special education evaluation to reduce the likelihood of inappropriate referrals

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Resilience

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The ability to not only survive but thrive in aversive environments

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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The process by which people’s expectations about a person leads them to elicit behavior that confirms the expectations

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Sex

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The biological difference between a man and a woman

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Socioeconomic status (SES)

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I categorization of individuals based on their economic, educational, and occupational characteristics

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Stereotype

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A rigid, overly simplistic, and evidently inaccurate representation of any particular group of individuals

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Tracking

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Ability grouping that occurs across all academic areas