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What a child has already learned and mastered.
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achievement
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The potential to learn, or master, a particular skill or body of knowledge.
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aptitude
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Education in which the teacher teaches in both English and the students’ native language.
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bilingual education
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A measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.
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body mass index (BMI)
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People’s ability to sort objects according to the attributes they share, place things in a sensible and logical order, and hold a concept in their minds while making a decision about the concept.
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classification
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The period of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age characterized by the active, appropriate use of logic.
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concrete operational stage
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Exposure of the student to intense English language skill development with a goal of mastering English basics within approximately 6 months.
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English as a second language (ESL)
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A legally required document specifying a series of educational goals for a child with special needs
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ndividual education plan (IEP)
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Aptitude tests designed to measure a person’s ability to learn.
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IQ tests
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The setting that is most similar to that of children without special needs.
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least restrictive environment
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Helps organize ideas and formulate reactions to events. Two important dimensions of long-term memory are storage and retrieval.
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long-term memory
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The ability to “think about thinking.” This process allows children to evaluate a cognitive task and determine how best to accomplish it.
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metacognition
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Body weight that is 20 percent or more above the weight that is considered ideal for the person’s age and height (i.e. a BMI of 30 or more).
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obesity
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Body weight that is up to 20 percent above the average for a person of a given height and weight ( i.e., a BMI between 25.5 and 29.9).
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overweight
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The period of approximately 2 years that begins at the end of middle childhood and ends with the thirteenth birthday.
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preadolescence
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The development of secondary sex characteristics that occurs two years immediately before puberty when the child is developing initial physical changes that herald sexual maturity.
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prepubescence
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The period of growth and hormonal changes that occur when sexual organs mature and the secondary sex characteristics develop, beginning earlier for girls than for boys.
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puberty
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The principle that two things may change in opposite ways in order to balance each other out (also known as inversion).
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reciprocity
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The logical principle that sometimes a thing can be returned to its original state by reversing the process by which it was changed (e.g. freezing water; melting ice).
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reversibility
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Refers to the person’s overall and specific positive and negative self-evaluation.
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self-esteem
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Refers to the child’s tendency to evaluate his/her own behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions by comparing them to those of others.
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social comparison
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An IQ test designed specifically for school age children. The test assesses many abilities including vocabulary, general knowledge, memory, and spatial comprehension.
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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-IV)
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Short term memory that helps people understand current information, and relate it to previous learned information.
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working memory
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Age of middle childhood.
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7-11yo
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Height and weight changes during middle childhood reflect a ___ but __ __.
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slower; steady pace
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two common chronic health problems that emerge during middle childhood are?
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asthma and childhood obesity
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what does "We Can!" stand for?
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Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition.
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What are three components of the We Can! program?
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-improved food choices
-increased physical activity -reduction in "screen time" (or tv/computer use) |
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two important dimensions of long-term memory are?
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storage and retrieval
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what measures current mastery in specific ares such as math, reading, and spelling?
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achievement exams
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What law provides children with special needs with a full education in the least restrictive environment?
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the Education of All Handicapped Children Act. (Public Law 94-142)
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Difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.
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learning disabilities
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A learning disability marked by inattention, impulsiveness, frustration, and inappropriate activity.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHA)
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A significantly sub-average level of intellectual functioning which occurs with related limitations in two or more skill areas.
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Intellectual disability
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IQ scores fall in the range of 50 to 70.
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mild intellectual disability
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IQ scores range from 35 to 55.
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moderate intellectual disability
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IQ scores range from 20 to 40.
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severe intellectual disability
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IQ scores fall below 25.
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profound intellectual disability
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children who show evidence of high performance capability in such areas as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or specific academic fields.
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Gifted and talented
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period when the child's emotional drives are quieter, their psyhcosexual needs are repressed and their unconscious conflicts are submerged.
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Freud's period of latency
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Erikson's fourth developmental state. develop a sense of themselves as either industrious and competent or incompetent and inferior.
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industry versus inferiority
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Which philosopher and researcher see's school-aged child as eager to investigate issues r/t morality?
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Lawrence Kohlberg
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Who contends that the different manner in which boys and girls are raised results in a different moral focus for each gender?
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Carol Gilligan
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Two common approaches to analyzing families ?
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structure and functions
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Structure refers to how a family is ____
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legally constructed; genetically related
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A father, mother, and their biological children.
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Nuclear family
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A parent, his/her biological children, and his/her spouse, who is not biologically r/t the children.
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stepparent family
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Two adults, the biological children from a previous union of one or both adults, and any children the adults have together.
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blended family
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One or more non-biological children who an adult individual or couple voluntarily, legally, and permanently taken to raise as their own.
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adoptive family.
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never married, divorced, or widowed.
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single mother/father
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children living in their grandparents' home either with their parents (extended family) or without them (grandparents alone).
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grandparent family
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three or more generations of biologically related individuals.
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extended family
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a homosexual couple and the biological or adopted children of one or both parties.
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homosexual family
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one or more orphaned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children temporarily cared for by an adult, individual, or couple to whom they are not biologically related.
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foster family
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what are the four family functions necessary for a family to work?
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- economic
- educational - affective - social |
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T OR F: During middle childhood, children become more independent?
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False. they become more dependent and place increased value on peers' opinions, self-validation, and advice.
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what are the adjustment problems some school-age children face?
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- depression
- school phobia - bullying - stress |
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the repeated, systematic effort to inflict physical, verbal, or social attacks.
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bullying
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____ _____ refers to children who refuse to go to school or demonstrate extreme reluctance to go to school for a sustained period of time.
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school phobia
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Four common issues families face during the school-age years.
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- after-school care
- divorce - poverty and homelessness - cultural background |
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T or F; Children's behavior conform to the expectations of the significant adults in their lives.
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TRUE
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