General Education

diffidence

timidity

indulgent

yielding

soporific

sedative

Ethnocentrism

having or based on the idea that your own group or culture is better or more important than others

Xenocentrism

belief that other cultures are better than one's own culture/nation

Cultural relativism

not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong

Kinetics

body movement

Oculesics

eye movement

Haptics

touch

Proxemics

distance

Chronemics

time

Vocalics

paralanguage (tone, pitch)

Olfactic

smell

Emblems

gestures

Regulators

agreements

Adaptors

gestures which satisfy some physical needs, eg., nervous→bitting nails

Intimate space

<1.5 feet

Personal space

1.5 to 4 feet

Social space

4-12 feet

Public space

>12 feet

Intrapersonal

within an individual

Interpersonal

between among people

Organizational

business

Intercultural

people of diverse culture

Test

tool/instrument - to quantify data

Evaluation

to judge data

Assessment

interpret data

Measurement

gather data

OBE (Outcome Based Education)

learner-centered approach to education

Teacher

facilitator of learner

Assessment FOR Learning

done before/during instructions

Placement Assessment

place students in specific learning groups

Diagnostic Assessment

strengths and weaknesses

Formative Assessment

monitor progress

Assessment AS Learning

self-assessment

Assessment OF Learning

done after instruction

Traditional

pen and paper test

Authentic

real-life situations

Alternative

methods other than pen and paper test

Performance

demonstration or product

Portfolio

multiple indicators of student progress

Criterion

• with standard

• each student is compared directly to standard

Norm

• comparison

• each student’s performance is compared to the performance of other students

Contextualized Assessment

focuses on student’s construction of functioning knowledge

Decontextualized Assessment

• written exams

• focuses on declarative and procedural knowledge

• no direct connection to real-life context

Portfolio Assessment

collection of students work that demonstrates skills and accomplishments

e-Portfolio

digital collection

Showcase

best outputs, eg., resume

Process

cognitive and psychomotor progress (long term)

Evaluation

diagnose students learning

Documentation

learning progress (short term)

Holistic Rubric

general to overall impression

Analytic Rubric

specific and describes levels of performance to each criteria