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21 Cards in this Set
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the understanding that actions can be undone or reversed
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reversible thinking
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the understanding that one change can offset another
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compensation
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the ordering of stimuli along a quantitative dimension
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seriation
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people who show exceptional abilities in one domain of intelligence but have retarded mental development in some other domains
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savants
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children who show exceptional abilities at a very young age in one domain of intelligence but not necessarily in others
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prodigies
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novel and appropriate behavior that is different from what the person has done or seen before
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creativity
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thinking that moves in many directions to produce many ideas or alternatives
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divergent thinking
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thinking that attempts to find a single correct answer to a problem
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convergent thinking
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the assumption that the noun most closely preceding the verb is the subject of the sentence
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minimal distance principle
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technique used to teach reading, whereby children are trained to translate letters and groups of letters into sounds
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phonics approach
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technique used to teach reading based on the idea that learning to read is a natural process that occurs most effectively in a print- rich environment
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whole language approach
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educational approach based ont he idea that children will naturally develop the skills involved in written and oral language and gradually improve these skills as they grow older
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emergent literacy
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the abililty to move away from one's own perspective and recognize what other perceive
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discrimination
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educational apprach in which students are encouraged to actively participate in their education
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constructivist theories of learning
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educational approach in which students work together in groups to solve problems
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cooperative learning
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educational approach that encourages students to discover principles themselves
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discovery learning
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educational approach in which students are taught how to use specific methods of problem solving to integrate new information with preexisting information
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generative learning
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educational practices and curicula that present non- european perspectives or improve educational outcomes for students from a wide spectrum of backgrounds
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multicultural education
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learning disabillity marked by difficulties in processing language
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dyslexia
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a disorder makred by an inappropriately low level of attention and inappropriately high levels of impulsivity and activity
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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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condition characterized by subaverage general intellectual functioning and impaired adaptive functioning, with onset in childhodd
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mental retardation
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