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Chapter 3
Exceptional Learners
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Exceptionality group | People who share a collection of specific abilities or disabilities. |
| Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) | A formative evaluation method designed to evaluate performance in the curriculum to which students are exposed; usually involves giving students a small sample of items from the curriculum in use in their schools; proponents argue that CBM is preferable t |
| Classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) | An instructional procedure in which all students in the class are involved in tutoring and being tutored by classmates on specific skills as directed by their teacher. |
| Multicultural education | refers to an educational construct that addresses cultural diversity, equity in schools, justice, and democracy. It incorporates the different cultural groups to which individuals belong |
| Subculture | A culture that is associated with or part of a larger culture; a culture that is not the entire culture of a nation or other entity. Sometimes called “microculture,” but a subculture is not necessarily small or a minority of a larger culture |
| sheltered-English approach | is an instructional approach in which academic content is taught in English using adapted language, visuals, and scaffolding so English learners can understand and participate while still learning grade-level concepts. |
| hearing impaired | Sheltered English is an instructional approach where academic content is taught in English using clear, visually supported, and highly structured language so students with hearing loss can access grade-level material while developing English skills. |
| multicultural society | a society in which people from different cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds live together while maintaining their distinct identities and traditions within a shared social framework. |
| Social justice education | is an approach to teaching that promotes equity, fairness, and inclusion by helping learners understand and challenge discrimination, inequality, and power imbalances in society, while encouraging respect for diversity and active participation in creating |
| Ethnicity | refers to a group identity based on shared cultural traits such as language, traditions, ancestry, history, and sometimes religion, that distinguish one group of people from others. |