Chapter 5: Intro To Ed

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Block Scheduling

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An approach to class scheduling in which students take fewer classes each school day but spend more time in each class.

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Civic Learning (Civic Education)

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A part of social studies that emphasizes preparing students to be good citizens by becoming aware of our common heritage and engaging issues related to character and values. Students learn to apply principles of democracy to everyday concerns they will face and/or already face as citizens.

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Common Core State Standards

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An initiative that lays out learning standards in mathematics and English language arts, and which will develop assessments to measure student achievement of the standards. Over 40 states have adopted the standards as of 2011.

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Content Standards

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Statements of the subject-specific knowledge and skills that schools are expected to teach adn students are expected to learn.

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Cooperative Learning

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An instructional approach in which students work together in groups to achieve learning goals. A variety of cooperative learning strategies exist.

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Core Curriculum

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A common course of study for all student,s often called for by essentialist reforms in the 1980s.

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Critical Thinking

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The intent to help students evaluate the worth of ideas, opinions, or evidence before making a decision or judgement.

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Cultural Literacy (Core Knowledge)

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Being aware of the central ideas, stories, scientific knowledge, events, and personalities of a culture; also known as core knowledge.

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Curriculum

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All the organized and intended experiences of the student for which the school accepts responsibility.

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Differentiated Instruction

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A variety of techniques used to adapt instruction to the individual ability levels and learning styles of each student in the classroom.

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Interdisciplinary (Integrated) Curriculum

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Also known as integrated curriculum. A curriculum that integrates the subject matter from two or more disciplines, such as English and history, often using themes such as inventions, discoveries, or health as overlays to the study of the different subjects. Also known as integrated curriculum.

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Looping

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An educational practice of multiyear teaching in which the teacher follows students to the next grade level and stays with the group for several years.

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Multicultural Curriculum

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Several approached to multicultural curriculum exist, but in essence, it promotes an understanding of and appreciation for cultural pluralism. It attempts to address issues of social injustice related to racism, sexism, and economic inequality by reducing prejudice and fostering tolerance through the formal curriculum.

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Phonics

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AN approach to reading that teaches the reader to decode words by sounding out letters and combinations of letters.

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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

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An international assessment of 15-year-old students in mathematics, science, and reading, administered every three years.

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Problem Solving

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The process of either presenting students with a problem or helping them to identify a problem and then observing and helping them become aware of the conditions, procedures, or steps needed to solve the problem.

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Project Approach

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An instructional method through which students engage in an in-depth investigation of a real-world topic worthy of their attention and effort. The process often includes fieldtrips or expert guests and a culminating event through which children present the results of their research.

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Subject-Matter Curriculum

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A curriculum that focuses on bodies of content or subject matter, usually the traditional subject disciplines.

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Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)

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An international assessment of fourth-, eight-, and twelfth-graders in mathematics and science.

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Tracking

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The homogeneous grouping of students for learning tasks on the basis of some measure(s) of their abilities.

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Whole Language Approach

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A teaching approach emphasizing the integration of language arts skills and knowledge across the curriculum. It stresses the provision of a literate environment and functional uses of language.

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Writing across the Curriculum

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An instructional approach using writing as a tool for learning in all subject areas.