Learner-centered approach to teaching; students construct knowledge for themselves

A system in which many different cultural groups are valued and share power

A way of life shared by members of a certain group, including values, beliefs, and attitudes.

Considering the age and stage of growth of the child in providing and planning learning experiences

Variety of different groups within the same setting

A social group defined on the basis of its religious, national, or cultural characteristics

Believing one’s culture is better than other cultures

Practicing under the direction of the teacher

The ability to use basic knowledge in analyzing, evaluating or manipulating information

Students who learn best by movement

The process of growing and changing

Positive/negative mindset for a group of people

the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness

one’s perception of self (neither good nor bad)

Self-confidence that one can succeed (good)

feelings about oneself (can be good or bad)

Assumption about certain people types of people

different between what a student can do alone and with help from a peer or adult

A campus or district-level placement for disruptive students who have broken the rules or laws

How a teacher sets up and runs a supportive classroom free from distractions and inappropriate behavior

Strategies for settling disagreements

Results that logically or naturally follow an action

A system of positive guidance and redirection encouraging students to regulate their own behavior

An area in the classroom where students can work independently at their own ability levels

Allowing or tolerating leniency in relation to rules

moving from one activity or lesson part to another

School district’s policy for use of school resources, especially school computers and the Internet; must ne signed by students and parents

Linking students and teachers in different locations through technology to facilitate learning

an element in an electronic document or website that moves the viewer to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document or website

Special type of database program that combines text, graphics, sound, and video elements into a product with “clickable” links to present ideas and information

Authoring system software originally designed for kids to produce hypermedia

Translates information into a form that the computer can understand, i.e. keyboard, mouse, scanner, digital cameras

Camera that can be connected to the Internet for continuous images

A network that extends over a long distance

short for Web browser, it is an application program that allows users to “browse,” display, and navigate through the information an the World Wide Web

Instruction that utilizes a computer to present information to the student as a self-learning tool such as drill/practice and tutorial software

specialized software designed to combine text and graphics to produce high-quality output on a laser printer or typesetting machine

Software that provides repetitive practice on skills previously taught through teacher-led instruction or tutorial software

software that allows two or more networked users to work on the same document at the same time

Software that combines multiple types of media such as text, graphics, sounds, animation, and video into an integrated product

software that increases classroom teacher’s effectiveness; for example, grade book program, puzzle makers

software based in the traditional accounting worksheet that has rows and columns that can he used to present, analyze, and compile data

instructional software that presents new information or skills in a series that progress through levels of difficulty and understanding