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,Ethnic Diversity - ANS Higher proportions of New Yorkers are foreign born and do not speak
English at home
Poverty - ANS New York ranks fourth in the US for people living in poverty
What percentage of female led households with children live in poverty? - ANS Nearly 40%
What percentage of Latinos live in poverty? - ANS About 27%
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What percentage of African Americans live in poverty? - ANS About 25%
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What is the number of homeless children in New York? - ANS Exceeding 100,000
Income Disparity - ANS New York is second only to Washington DC in income disparities in
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wage earners in all incomes
Motivation - ANS Keeps learners interested and focused on a lesson; can be intrinsic or
extrinsic
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Intrinsic Motivation - ANS Refers to topics that students enjoy or like; effective if based on a
knowledge of what is popular or interesting to students of a particular age
Extrinsic Motivation - ANS Focuses on external rewards for good work or goal attainment;
successful when used in conjunction with more routine work
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What are some keys to motivating students? - ANS Clear, unambiguous objective, stimulating
tasks, allow students to have choices
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Keys to successful learning - ANS Students are engaged at an appropriate level, they are
taught as opposed to working independently, material is at an appropriate level, teachers expect
them to master the curriculum, the classroom is positive, not critical and students develop a
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positive attitude to teachers who appear warm.
Classroom approaches - ANS Zone of Proximal Development, Gardner's Multiple Intelligences,
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Human Motivation
Zone of Proximal Development - ANS Vygotsky. Tasks that students cannot do without help
can be done with help; applied with scaffolding
Scaffolding - ANS Vygotsky. Student receives help to learn something in his/her ZPD; help is
withdrawn in a measured way until the help becomes unnecessary
,Gardner's Multiple Intelligences - ANS Howard Gardner. Spatial, Linguistic,
Logical-Mathematic, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic,
Existential.
Spatial Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn best
visualizing problems and solutions.
Linguistic Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn best
through words and language.
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Logical-Mathematic Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who
learn best through abstract and scientific thinking and through solving numerical problems.
Strongly related to traditional measure of intelligence.
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Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who
learn best through physical activity and are generally good at sports and dance.
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Musical Intelligence - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn best
by listening and tend to excel at singing and playing instruments.
Interpersonal Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
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best by working with others and tend to be sensitive to the needs of others.
Intrapersonal Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best by working alone and tend to be intuitive and introverted.
Naturalistic Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
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best by relating subject matter to nature and to the world around them.
Existential Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who may
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comprehend concepts beyond the information given.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Human Motivation - ANS Basic needs which Maslow holds
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must be met for a person to be motivated to achieve the higher level needs.
Biological and Physiological needs > Safety needs > Love and belongingness needs > Esteem
needs > Self Actualization needs
Deficiency (Basic) Needs - ANS Level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; includes Biological and
Physiological needs > Safety needs > Love and belongingness needs > Esteem needs > Self
Actualization needs
Biological and Physiological Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency needs which include hunger,
thirst and bodily conditions
, Safety Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency needs which include feeling safe, free from danger,
and for adults, secure employment.
Belongingness and Love Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency needs which include being affiliated
with others, and with family, feeling accepted and loved.
Esteem Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency need which include gaining approval, being seen as
capable and having self respect.
Being Needs - ANS Level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; includes cognitive, Aesthetic, Self
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Actualization, Self-Transcendence.
Cognitive Needs - ANS Being or higher level needs which include being able to know,
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understand and explore
Aesthetic Needs - ANS Being or higher-level needs. Include the appreciation of--and search
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for--beauty, order and form.
Self Actualization Needs - ANS Being or higher level needs which include the need to find self
fulfillment and realize ones potential
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Self Transcendence Needs - ANS Being or higher level needs which include the need to help
others find self fulfillment and self realization
Learning Styles in the Classroom - ANS Includes Auditory, Visual Spatial, Kinesthetic,
Metacognition, Teacher Centered Approaches, Lecture or Explanation, Demonstrations
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Auditory - ANS Student learns best through listening to spoken information, e.g., books on CD,
books read aloud by e-reader. Encourage students to make oral reports.
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Visual Spatial - ANS Student learns best through reading and viewing tables, charts and maps,
e.g., write words as you speak, provide rich selection of books. Encourage students to make
powerpoints, hand out typed instructions.
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Kinesthetic - ANS Student learns best through physical and hands on activity, e.g., field trips
and role playing
Metacognition - ANS "Knowing about knowing." Includes student knowing about him/herself,
helps students perform cognitive tasks more effectively, promote through self questioning and
use graphic representation
Teacher Centered Approaches - ANS Characterized by teacher presentation, a factual
question and knowledge based response from students.
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NYSTCE (EAS) EDUCATING
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ALL STUDENTS EXAM STUDY
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
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CORRECT DETAILED /
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VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
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UPDATE
ST
,Ethnic Diversity - ANS Higher proportions of New Yorkers are foreign born and do not speak
English at home
Poverty - ANS New York ranks fourth in the US for people living in poverty
What percentage of female led households with children live in poverty? - ANS Nearly 40%
What percentage of Latinos live in poverty? - ANS About 27%
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What percentage of African Americans live in poverty? - ANS About 25%
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What is the number of homeless children in New York? - ANS Exceeding 100,000
Income Disparity - ANS New York is second only to Washington DC in income disparities in
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wage earners in all incomes
Motivation - ANS Keeps learners interested and focused on a lesson; can be intrinsic or
extrinsic
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Intrinsic Motivation - ANS Refers to topics that students enjoy or like; effective if based on a
knowledge of what is popular or interesting to students of a particular age
Extrinsic Motivation - ANS Focuses on external rewards for good work or goal attainment;
successful when used in conjunction with more routine work
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What are some keys to motivating students? - ANS Clear, unambiguous objective, stimulating
tasks, allow students to have choices
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Keys to successful learning - ANS Students are engaged at an appropriate level, they are
taught as opposed to working independently, material is at an appropriate level, teachers expect
them to master the curriculum, the classroom is positive, not critical and students develop a
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positive attitude to teachers who appear warm.
Classroom approaches - ANS Zone of Proximal Development, Gardner's Multiple Intelligences,
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Human Motivation
Zone of Proximal Development - ANS Vygotsky. Tasks that students cannot do without help
can be done with help; applied with scaffolding
Scaffolding - ANS Vygotsky. Student receives help to learn something in his/her ZPD; help is
withdrawn in a measured way until the help becomes unnecessary
,Gardner's Multiple Intelligences - ANS Howard Gardner. Spatial, Linguistic,
Logical-Mathematic, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic,
Existential.
Spatial Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn best
visualizing problems and solutions.
Linguistic Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn best
through words and language.
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Logical-Mathematic Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who
learn best through abstract and scientific thinking and through solving numerical problems.
Strongly related to traditional measure of intelligence.
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Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who
learn best through physical activity and are generally good at sports and dance.
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Musical Intelligence - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn best
by listening and tend to excel at singing and playing instruments.
Interpersonal Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
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best by working with others and tend to be sensitive to the needs of others.
Intrapersonal Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
best by working alone and tend to be intuitive and introverted.
Naturalistic Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who learn
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best by relating subject matter to nature and to the world around them.
Existential Thinkers - ANS One of Gardener's 9 Multiple Intelligences. Students who may
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comprehend concepts beyond the information given.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Human Motivation - ANS Basic needs which Maslow holds
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must be met for a person to be motivated to achieve the higher level needs.
Biological and Physiological needs > Safety needs > Love and belongingness needs > Esteem
needs > Self Actualization needs
Deficiency (Basic) Needs - ANS Level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; includes Biological and
Physiological needs > Safety needs > Love and belongingness needs > Esteem needs > Self
Actualization needs
Biological and Physiological Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency needs which include hunger,
thirst and bodily conditions
, Safety Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency needs which include feeling safe, free from danger,
and for adults, secure employment.
Belongingness and Love Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency needs which include being affiliated
with others, and with family, feeling accepted and loved.
Esteem Needs - ANS Basic or deficiency need which include gaining approval, being seen as
capable and having self respect.
Being Needs - ANS Level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; includes cognitive, Aesthetic, Self
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Actualization, Self-Transcendence.
Cognitive Needs - ANS Being or higher level needs which include being able to know,
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understand and explore
Aesthetic Needs - ANS Being or higher-level needs. Include the appreciation of--and search
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for--beauty, order and form.
Self Actualization Needs - ANS Being or higher level needs which include the need to find self
fulfillment and realize ones potential
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Self Transcendence Needs - ANS Being or higher level needs which include the need to help
others find self fulfillment and self realization
Learning Styles in the Classroom - ANS Includes Auditory, Visual Spatial, Kinesthetic,
Metacognition, Teacher Centered Approaches, Lecture or Explanation, Demonstrations
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Auditory - ANS Student learns best through listening to spoken information, e.g., books on CD,
books read aloud by e-reader. Encourage students to make oral reports.
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Visual Spatial - ANS Student learns best through reading and viewing tables, charts and maps,
e.g., write words as you speak, provide rich selection of books. Encourage students to make
powerpoints, hand out typed instructions.
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Kinesthetic - ANS Student learns best through physical and hands on activity, e.g., field trips
and role playing
Metacognition - ANS "Knowing about knowing." Includes student knowing about him/herself,
helps students perform cognitive tasks more effectively, promote through self questioning and
use graphic representation
Teacher Centered Approaches - ANS Characterized by teacher presentation, a factual
question and knowledge based response from students.
