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.
1 communicating (Science process skill) Is describing something happen, giving and taking
0 information.
1 concept Is a mental representation, which the brain uses to
1 denote a class of things in the world.
1 conceptual subitizing Is to know small group of objects.
2
1 conclusion (Scientific method) It is the end of any scientific method.
3
1 Concrete operational stage It is the third stage of Piaget theory (from 7 to 11
4 years).
concrete pictorial abstract learning progression It is a three step instructional approach that has
1 been found to Provides students with a structured
5 way to learn math concepts.
1 conservation The action of conserving something, in particular.
6
Constructivist method Is a learning theory found in psychology which
1 explains how people might acquire knowledge and
7 learn.
1 controlling variables (More complex science process skill) Is the experimental element which is fixed and not
8 change through this course.
1 data Is a collection of facts like words and numbers or
9 describing things.
2 disequilibrium Is a situation in which things are not fixed.
0
2 equilibrium It is a stat of balance.
1
2 estimation Is to find a value which is close enough to the
2 answer, and usually with some idea.
2 Formal Operations Stage It is the final stage of Piaget theory (adolescence-
3 adulthood).
2 hypothesis (Scientific method) Is putting forward a guess or a theory.
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2 hypothesizing (More complex science process skill) It is the relationship between different things.
5
2 inferring (science process skill) It is an explanation of observation.
6
2 informal experience It is any experiences that not informal.
7
2 inquiry-based learning (IBL) Is something that all of us experience throughout
8 our live growing up.
2 learning cycle It is people how they learn from experiment.
9
3 logical grouping Identifying how the interactions have dependencies
0 and grouping them into an activity.
3 measuring Is the method of connection relationship between
1 two numbers.
3 measuring (science process skill) Is quantifying noticing by using size, counting, and
2 temperature.
more knowledgeable other Is integrally related to the second important
3 principle of Vygotsky's work, the Zone of Proximal
3 Development.
3 naturalistic experience Is one of researcher Howard Gardner's nine
4 multiple intelligences.
3 observing (science process skill) It is using five since to collect information.
5
3 one to one correspondence Is one group has the same of the other group.
6
3 perceptual subitizing Is the ability to recognize the number of briefly
7 presented items without actually counting.
3 predicting (science process skill) Is suppose, choose in advance what may happen.
8
3 pre-operational stage It is the second stage of Piaget theory (from 2 to 7
9 years).
Principles of School Mathematics Is a document produced in 1989 by the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to set
4 forth a national vision for pre college mathematics
0 education in the United States and Canada.
4 process skill Observing-Inferring-Measuring-Communicating-
1 Classifying-Predicting.
4 rational counting Is by dividing to integers.
2
4 reversibility Is capable of returning to an original condition.
3
4 rote counting It is to count without any practice.
4
4 scaffolding To use language and social interaction to guide
5 childrens thinking.
science process skill Observation, Comparing, Measuring, Ordering,
4 Classifying, Communicating, Inferring, Predicting,
6 Hypothesizing.
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scientific method It is the procedure of events in which people

4 understand both the physical and rational of
7 science through experience.
4 Sensory motor stage It is the first stage of Piaget theory (from birth to 2
8 years).
4 seriation A serial arrangement or sequence, the act of
9 arranging things in series or succession.
5 social constructivism It is our realities through our experience with
0 others.
5 Sorting Arrange systematically in groups.
1
5 spatial awareness It is the ability to be aware of oneself in space.
2
5 Standards for School Mathematics It is a mile wide and an inch deep.
3
5 structured experience It is structured to include content and process
4 which the instructor deems valuable.
5 student- directed inquiry It is a major goal of reform-based science
5 education.
5 teachable moment It is a time for teaching something.
6
teacher- directed inquiry Is a more scientifically literate student able to
5 propose explanations and evaluate results based on
7 evidence.
5 testable question Is one that can be answered by designing and
8 conducting an experiment.
5 volume Is the measure of the amount of space inside of a
9 solid figure.
6 zone of proximal development A situation in which a problem or task is only
0 slightly above a childs ability level.

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