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| academic and cognitive diversity | The situation that results when children learn faster than, slower than, or differently from what is expected in school |
| additive approach | a thematic approach that addresses multicultural issues |
| American Standard English | the grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation that are appropriate for public speaking and writing |
| book buddies | a community volunteer tutoring program; also reading partners |
| contributions approach | a multicultural approach that typically includes specific celebrations and holidays |
| cross-age tutoring | a strategy where older students work with younger students |
| cultural diversity | situation that results when a student's home, family, socioeconomic group, culture, and society differ from the predominant culture of the school |
| curriculum compacting | an alternative way to accommodate gifted students in which the curriculum is compressed |
| decision-making and social-action approach | a multicultural approach that provides students with opportunities to undertake activities and projects related to cultural issues |
| dialect | a set of rule-governed variations of language |
| exceptional children | children who differ from the norm and who generally require an individualized program to meet their needs |
| image making | a strategy that evokes visual images to evoke knowledge |
| inclusion | incorporating the diverse needs and abilities of all students into classroom instruction |
| inquiry learning | a process in which students engage in experimentation and problem solving as they research issues and interests, gathering information from a variety of sources. |
| instructional conversations | a teaching strategy in which the teacher scaffolds learning through divergent questions and students are encouraged to express their reactions to content on a personal level |
| linguistic diversity | the diversity that results when a student's first langague, or language of communication at home, is not the language of instruction at school |
| transformative approach | a multicultural approach that provides students with the opportunities to read about cultural concepts and events that are different from their own, think critically and generate conclusions |
