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PSY331

39 cards·by jwanek14
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"Learning Disability" was coined by who and when?
Samuel Kirk, 1962
evidence-based interventions
intervention strategies which research has demonstrated to be effective
Collaborative problem solving
Working with a multi-disciplinary team of individuals and parents to design services that address the student's needs
Dyslexia
A severe reading disability involving difficulties in understanding the relationship between sounds and letters
Information processing model (IPM)
A model that describes learning as a means to solve educational components
Executive Function
The hypothesized decision-making element that controls reception, central processing, and expression
Executive Processor
According to the IPM, the mechanism for decision-making in information processing and learning
Metacognition
The ability to think about one's own thinking and monitor its effectiveness
Visual Perception
One's ability to process information from figure-ground input, closure and spatial relationships
Sensory Integration
The ability to use two or more senses simultaneously and smoothly
Proprioceptive
An awareness of where one's body is in relation to the space around it
Heightened Sensitivity
Over-sensitivity to sensory input, including lights, sounds, smells, and tastes
Tactile Defensiveness
Oversensivity to touch that causes discomfort
Sensory Memory
Ability to accommodate a large amount of info. in a short period of time & allows us to take in info. & interprets each sense
Short Term memory
Temporarily storing info. while simultaneously completing tasks; involves strategies for consciously storing info. such as rehearsal
Long-Term memory
A way of storing information in the brain for future retrieval
Semantic memory
Stores concepts, words, symbols, and generalizations; most often used in schools
Episodic Memory
One's ability to recall whole scenes or episodes from one's past, often brought on by smells
Motor Memory
The ability to program one's body movements to learn patterns and retain them for future use
Dysgraphia
Brain dysfunction or disease that causes an inability to write, or write legibly
Self-regulatory skill
An individual's ability to continuously adapt thoughts, speech and actions to accomplish goals and adapt to the environment
Giftedness
Children with outstanding talent preform, or show the potential for performing, at remarkably high levels of accomplishment
Acceleration
An intervention for students with special gifts and talents by which the school moves the student through the system more rapidly
Creativity
Mental process by which an individual creates new ideas and products in a fashion that is novel to him or her
High-stakes testing
Any examination whose results can substantially change the future of a student, such as course failure or admittance to college
Correlated assets
Conditions linked favorably with one another, such as high IQ scores with personality
Underachievers with SGT
Students whose academic performance consistently falls far short of expectations despite high cognitive ability
Problem-based learning
A problem that encourages the student to define the issue, organize the components, and then solve the problem
Giftedness: US historically IQ=/>
130+
Gifted Underachievers: % with reading problems __
80%
Homeschooling Number...
Between 1.1 and 2 million
% of students with a Learning Disability
40%-50%
Learning Disabled was previously called____
Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Phonological Short Term Memory
Extremely brief memory buffer of phonological information you're using
Most common diagraphs
ch, sh, th, ph
Writing is the product of:
Ideas and Transcriptions
Verbal ideas are based on:
1.Verbal IQ/Expressive Language 2.Background Knowledge 3.Creativity
Transcription is based on:
1.Handwriting/Keyboarding 2. Spelling 3. Creativit
Ideas AND Transcriptions are based on:
1. Attention 2. Executive Functioning 3. Motivation 4. Working Memory