1803 Vocabulary Terms

These terms are in no particular order; however all must be defined as a part of the set-exercises assessment task.

Term Definition
1 2D Shape Is the shape that has 2 dimensions.
2 3D Shape Is the shape that takes up air space.
3 5E Model Engage, Explore, Explain, Extent, Evaluate.
accommodation It is a convenient arrangement, a settlement or
4 compromise.
assimilation Is the operation through the organism contains
nutrients from outside the body to the more
5 complex structures needed within it.
cardinality It is a number of the elements in the group or
6 individually.
centration It is to focus in one thing and forget the important
7 things.
8 Classification (Science process skill) It is making things in group, and sorting real things.
Cognitive constructivism It is constructivist view that focuses on individual,
9 internal constructions of knowledge.
communicating (Science process skill) Is describing something happen, giving and taking
10 information.
concept Is a mental representation, which the brain uses to
11 denote a class of things in the world.
12 conceptual subitizing Is to know small group of objects.
13 conclusion (Scientific method) It is the end of any scientific method.
Concrete operational stage It is the third stage of Piaget theory (from 7 to 11
14 years).
concrete pictorial abstract learning progression It is a three step instructional approach that has
been found to Provides students with a structured
15 way to learn math concepts.
16 conservation The action of conserving something, in particular.
Constructivist method Is a learning theory found in psychology which
explains how people might acquire knowledge and
17 learn.
controlling variables (More complex science process skill) Is the experimental element which is fixed and not
18 change through this course.
data Is a collection of facts like words and numbers or
19 describing things.
20 disequilibrium Is a situation in which things are not fixed.
21 equilibrium It is a stat of balance.
estimation Is to find a value which is close enough to the
22 answer, and usually with some idea.
Formal Operations Stage It is the final stage of Piaget theory (adolescence-
23 adulthood).
24 hypothesis (Scientific method) Is putting forward a guess or a theory.
25 hypothesizing (More complex science process skill) It is the relationship between different things.
inferring (science process skill) It is an explanation of observation.
26
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27 informal experience It is any experiences that not informal.

inquiry-based learning (IBL) Is something that all of us experience throughout
28 our live growing up.
29 learning cycle It is people how they learn from experiment.
logical grouping Identifying how the interactions have
30 dependencies and grouping them into an activity.
measuring Is the method of connection relationship between
31 two numbers.
measuring (science process skill) Is quantifying noticing by using size, counting, and
32 temperature.
more knowledgeable other Is integrally related to the second important
principle of Vygotsky's work, the Zone of Proximal
33 Development.
naturalistic experience Is one of researcher Howard Gardner's nine
34 multiple intelligences.
35 observing (science process skill) It is using five since to collect information.
36 one to one correspondence Is one group has the same of the other group.
perceptual subitizing Is the ability to recognize the number of briefly
37 presented items without actually counting.
38 predicting (science process skill) Is suppose, choose in advance what may happen.
pre-operational stage It is the second stage of Piaget theory (from 2 to 7
39 years).
Principles of School Mathematics Is a document produced in 1989 by the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to set
forth a national vision for pre college mathematics
40 education in the United States and Canada.
process skill Observing-Inferring-Measuring-Communicating-
41 Classifying-Predicting.
42 rational counting Is by dividing to integers.
43 reversibility Is capable of returning to an original condition.
44 rote counting It is to count without any practice.
scaffolding To use language and social interaction to guide
45 childrens thinking.
science process skill Observation, Comparing, Measuring, Ordering,
Classifying, Communicating, Inferring, Predicting,
46 Hypothesizing.
scientific method It is the procedure of events in which people
understand both the physical and rational of
47 science through experience.
Sensory motor stage It is the first stage of Piaget theory (from birth to 2
48 years).
seriation A serial arrangement or sequence, the act of
49 arranging things in series or succession.
social constructivism It is our realities through our experience with
50 others.
51 Sorting Arrange systematically in groups.
52 spatial awareness It is the ability to be aware of oneself in space.

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53 Standards for School Mathematics It is a mile wide and an inch deep.

structured experience It is structured to include content and process
54 which the instructor deems valuable.
student- directed inquiry It is a major goal of reform-based science
55 education.
56 teachable moment It is a time for teaching something.
teacher- directed inquiry Is a more scientifically literate student able to
propose explanations and evaluate results based
57 on evidence.
testable question Is one that can be answered by designing and
58 conducting an experiment.
volume Is the measure of the amount of space inside of a
59 solid figure.
zone of proximal development A situation in which a problem or task is only
60 slightly above a childs ability level.

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