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| Concrete Operational Thought |
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Piaget's term for the ability to reason logically about direct experiences and perceptions
ex.: Classification, organizing things into groups by some common characteristic |
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| Vygotsky's Perspective on learning |
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| regarded instruction by others as crucial, teachers and peers provide the bridge between the child's potential and the neccessary skill and knowledge in the zone of proximal develipment, other people are crucial, customs teach people. |
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| the component of the information processing system in which incoming stimulus imofrmation is stored for a split second to allow for it to be processed. |
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| the component of the information-processing system in which virtually limitless amounts of information can be stored indefinitely. |
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| mechanisms that combine memory, processing speed, and knowledge to regulae the analysis and flow of information within the information processing system. |
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| "thinking about thinking" or the ability to evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it, and then to monitor and adjust one's performance on that task |
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| School-age children are more flexible and logical in their knoelwdge and use of vocabulary, understanding metaphors, prefixes, suffixes and compound words |
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| Advances markedly in middle childhood; the use of language, including communication with caried audiences in different contexts |
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| A strategy in which school subjects are taught in both the learner's original language and the second (majority) language |
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| English as a second language |
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| Children who do not speak English are placed together and given an intensive course in basic English so that they can be educated in same classes with native speakers |
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| Second language learning success depends on: (3 things) |
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literacy of the home
the teacher
cultural context |
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| a strategy in which instruction in all school subjects occurs in the second (majority) language vs. foreign tongue approach |
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| the process whereby children are tuaght by their peers to avoid restictions imposed by adults |
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| The tendency to assess one's abilities, achievements, social status, and other attributes by measuring them against those of other people, especially one's peers. |
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| Relationships characterized by mutual knowledge, esteem, affection and respect. |
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| similarity of behavior among friends |
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| Friends affect your behaviors |
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| repeated, systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal or social attack on a weaker person |
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