Educational Concepts Flashcards

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Active learning

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Learners build and add to their understanding of concepts, rules, and strategies through direct, hands-on experimentation.

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Authentic (performance) assessment

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Assessment that measures what students are able to do rather than relying on them to choose the correct response on a multiple-choice test item.

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Career ladders

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New roles such as mentor teacher, lead teacher, and team leader, opened to teachers who want new challenges but also want to stay in the classroom close to students.

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Character education

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The effort to help the young acquire a moral compass—a sense of right and wrong—and the enduring habits necessary to live a good life.

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Charter schools

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Public schools with special privileges.

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For-profit schools

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Also known as educational maintenance organizations (EMOs), modeled on health maintenance organizations (HMOs).

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Intellectual capital

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Knowledge.

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Lifelong learners

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People learning throughout their lives.

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Magnet school

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Elementary, middle, and high schools specialized in a specific academic area, such as science or the arts.

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National Education Goals (Goals 2000)

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An aggressive educational reform effort committing the nation to achieve six educational milestones by the arrival of the new millennium.