Vocabulary
Academic achievement - Academic achievement refers to a student's success in meeting short- or long-term goals in education.
Adolescence - the transitional stage of physical and psychological development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood Aggression - hostile or violent behavior or attitudes towards another Anorexia Nervosa (self-starvation) - A serious disorder in eating behavior characterized by fear of weight gain leading to faulty eating patterns, malnutrition, and usually excessive weight loss |
At-Risk - Identifier given to students who have a higher than average probability of dropping out or failing school
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Symptoms include trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors, or being overly active.'s
Body Image - An individual's dynamic perception of his or her body-how it looks, feels, and moves
Bulimia Nervosa - binge eating followed by purging, fasting, or excessive exercise
Bullying - A willful act of aggression or manipulation by one or more people against another person or people
Cliques - a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them
Content Area - a defined domain of knowledge or skill in an academic program
Core Curriculum - a set of courses that are considered basic and essential for future class work or graduation
Cyberbullying - the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature
Depression - a common, but serious mood disorder which causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working.
Differentiated Instruction - tailoring instruction to meet individual student learning needs
Elective/Enhancement Course - courses that fall outside of the main core academic subject areas (English, math, history, and science) which are not required, but a student chooses to take them.
Emotional Competence - they ways people deal with emotions. How we recognize, understand, express, and regulate your own emotions and respond to the emotions and interactions of others
Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
Ethnic Identity - refers to an individual's sense of belonging to an ethnic group and being affiliated with the beliefs and behaviors that reflect ethnic group membership
Gender Identity - one's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves.
Hormones - special chemical messengers in the body that are created in the endocrine glands. These messengers control most major bodily functions, from simple basic needs like hunger to complex systems like reproduction, and even the emotions and mood.
Hostile Aggression - actions intended solely to hurt or harm another person
Identity - a developed set of desired characteristics for one's self
In School Suspension - Mandatory leave assigned to a student as a form of punishment during which time the student is not allowed to attend regular school lessons.
Inclusion - opportunities for students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers in general education classrooms.
Learning Disability - a condition giving rise to difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills to the level expected of those of the same age, especially when not associated with a physical handicap.
Manifestation Determination - process required by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), which is conducted when considering the exclusion of a student with a disability that constitutes a change of placement
Menarche - the beginning of the menstrual cycle, usually the last physical change occurring in puberty
Moral Reasoning - making judgments about the rightness or wrongness of certain acts
Office Disciplinary Referral - written documentation when a student does not follow the school's norms and expectations. This form is aligned with the district's disciplinary procedures.
Out of School Suspension - Out-of-school suspension bans the student from being on school grounds during school hours while school is in session.
Peer Groups - a group of people of approximately the same age, status, and interests.
Peer Pressure - influence from members of one's peer group
Puberty - the period of becoming first capable of reproducing sexually marked by maturing of the genital organs, development of secondary sex characteristics
Popular - commonly liked or approved
Schedule - a list, assigned to each student, of classes including its time, location, instructor (if available), and its unique number
Secondary sex characteristics - physical characteristics that are not needed for reproduction, but are still markers for mature males or females
Self-concept - the mental image one has of oneself
Self-esteem - a feeling of satisfaction that someone has in himself or herself and his or her own abilities.
Self-efficacy - a person's belief which determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave
Self-regulated Learning - a process in which children regulate and control their own learning activities - plan, set goals, organize, self-monitor, and self-evaluate
Selective Attention - the ability to focus attention on task-relevant information and to ignore irrelevant information
Self-harm - the intentional, direct injuring of body tissue, done without suicidal intentions
Sexting - sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs or images, primarily between mobile phones
Social Media - computer-mediated technologies that allow the creating and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks
Socialization - The act of adapting behavior to the norms of a culture or society
Suicidal Tendencies - the propensity for a person to have suicidal ideation or to make suicide attempts
Transition - refers to the three major evoluation points in the public-education system: when students move from elementary school to middle school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to college
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Symptoms include trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors, or being overly active.'s
Body Image - An individual's dynamic perception of his or her body-how it looks, feels, and moves
Bulimia Nervosa - binge eating followed by purging, fasting, or excessive exercise
Bullying - A willful act of aggression or manipulation by one or more people against another person or people
Cliques - a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them
Content Area - a defined domain of knowledge or skill in an academic program
Core Curriculum - a set of courses that are considered basic and essential for future class work or graduation
Cyberbullying - the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature
Depression - a common, but serious mood disorder which causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working.
Differentiated Instruction - tailoring instruction to meet individual student learning needs
Elective/Enhancement Course - courses that fall outside of the main core academic subject areas (English, math, history, and science) which are not required, but a student chooses to take them.
Emotional Competence - they ways people deal with emotions. How we recognize, understand, express, and regulate your own emotions and respond to the emotions and interactions of others
Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
Ethnic Identity - refers to an individual's sense of belonging to an ethnic group and being affiliated with the beliefs and behaviors that reflect ethnic group membership
Gender Identity - one's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves.
Hormones - special chemical messengers in the body that are created in the endocrine glands. These messengers control most major bodily functions, from simple basic needs like hunger to complex systems like reproduction, and even the emotions and mood.
Hostile Aggression - actions intended solely to hurt or harm another person
Identity - a developed set of desired characteristics for one's self
In School Suspension - Mandatory leave assigned to a student as a form of punishment during which time the student is not allowed to attend regular school lessons.
Inclusion - opportunities for students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers in general education classrooms.
Learning Disability - a condition giving rise to difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills to the level expected of those of the same age, especially when not associated with a physical handicap.
Manifestation Determination - process required by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), which is conducted when considering the exclusion of a student with a disability that constitutes a change of placement
Menarche - the beginning of the menstrual cycle, usually the last physical change occurring in puberty
Moral Reasoning - making judgments about the rightness or wrongness of certain acts
Office Disciplinary Referral - written documentation when a student does not follow the school's norms and expectations. This form is aligned with the district's disciplinary procedures.
Out of School Suspension - Out-of-school suspension bans the student from being on school grounds during school hours while school is in session.
Peer Groups - a group of people of approximately the same age, status, and interests.
Peer Pressure - influence from members of one's peer group
Puberty - the period of becoming first capable of reproducing sexually marked by maturing of the genital organs, development of secondary sex characteristics
Popular - commonly liked or approved
Schedule - a list, assigned to each student, of classes including its time, location, instructor (if available), and its unique number
Secondary sex characteristics - physical characteristics that are not needed for reproduction, but are still markers for mature males or females
Self-concept - the mental image one has of oneself
Self-esteem - a feeling of satisfaction that someone has in himself or herself and his or her own abilities.
Self-efficacy - a person's belief which determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave
Self-regulated Learning - a process in which children regulate and control their own learning activities - plan, set goals, organize, self-monitor, and self-evaluate
Selective Attention - the ability to focus attention on task-relevant information and to ignore irrelevant information
Self-harm - the intentional, direct injuring of body tissue, done without suicidal intentions
Sexting - sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs or images, primarily between mobile phones
Social Media - computer-mediated technologies that allow the creating and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks
Socialization - The act of adapting behavior to the norms of a culture or society
Suicidal Tendencies - the propensity for a person to have suicidal ideation or to make suicide attempts
Transition - refers to the three major evoluation points in the public-education system: when students move from elementary school to middle school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to college
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