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(Combined) TExES Social Studies 7-12 (232) Social Studies Foundations, Skills, Research & Instruction + Exam Edge Questions + Eco, Sci, Tech & Soc + Government & Citizenship. All With Complete Solutions 2024/2025.
Social Science Inquiry
This method should be used any time an investigative activit...
(Combined) TExES Social Studies 7-12 (232)
Social Studies Foundations, Skills, Research &
Instruction + Exam Edge Questions + Eco, Sci,
Tech & Soc + Government & Citizenship. All With
Complete Solutions 2024/2025.
Social Science Inquiry
This method should be used any time an investigative activity can be incorporated into the classroom.
Social Science Inquiry
Using this method gives a better chance of students developing higher level thinking skills
Social Science Inquiry
This can be used as a scientific approach to social studies that enables students to think of problems,
create a hypothesis, examine evidence and form educated conclusions
Social Science Disciplines
In the study of social studies knowledge of other _____ _____ _____ is vital; say for example if one were
to study World War I, the importance of understanding the relationship between other European
nations, nationalism and so forth is important to understand the events leading up to, during and after
the war.
Problem Solving Process
Identifying a problem, gathering information, list and consider options, advantages, disadvantages,
implementing solutions and evaluating the effectiveness of solutions is part of the _____ _____.
Decision Making Process
The process involved for the _____ _____ _____ includes identifying situations that require action,
gathering and analyzing information, identifying options, predicting consequences, and taking action.
Research Questions
The key to formulating _____ _____ is being as specific as possible.
Research Methods
Two _____ _____ in social studies research involve quantitative and qualitative methods.
Quantitative Methods
Numbers are used to produce data and results
Qualitative Methods
,Social studies deals with many different aspects which makes it difficult to put into statistical data. _____
_____ are often used using statements, interviews, and writings that are examined to lead a researcher
to a conclusion.
Sequencing, Generalizing, Analytical Methods
These terms appear in Competency 025. Collectively these terms usually mean that you will be asked to
perform these functions as part of reading a passage to draw conclusions to find the main idea.
Additionally you will be asked to interpret data and information from a chart or map to come to a
conclusion such as the relationship of a country's population to another country's population and draw a
conclusion based on the data presented. There is no way to quantify this in preparation for the test, you
simply must know how to interpret a passage, graph, or map.
Primary Source
These are original materials that have not been altered such as a survey (census), an artifact, document,
recording, photographs, newspapers, speech, letters from something or someone who was present
during the event.
Secondary Source
These usually involve generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation or evaluation of the original
information (primary source) such as an encyclopedia, textbook, a biography, or newspaper article
written after an event occurred.
Bias
This is an inclination to hold a partial perspective without considering the merits of alternative points of
view.
Bias
This can mean one-sided, lacking a neutral viewpoint, or not having an open mind.
Reliable
The type of work, author and creator of the work, and the publisher of the work, to include academic
and peer-reviewed publications are generally the most _____ sources.
Point of View
This is a narrative perspective that describes the position of the narrator in relation to the story being
told.
Presenting Information
When _____ _____ one should use as many different types of sources as possible.
Presenting Information
When _____ _____ the material should be collected and organized into formats such as charts,
databases, maps, videos which allow for various ways of looking at the material.
,Diffusion
This is the net movement from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
Economic Indicator
This is a statistic about economic activity that allow for analysis of economic performance and
predictions of future performance.
Leading Indicators
These usually change before the economy as a whole changes and are useful as short term predictors of
the economy.
Leading Indicators
Stock market returns are _____ _____ as it shows a decline before the economy as a whole declines or it
shows improvement before the economy recovers.
Jobless Claims Leading Indicators
_____ _____ are _____ _____ as they indicate social welfare payments made by the state or other
authorized bodies to unemployed people.
Manufacturers New Orders
This is considered a leading indicator because it increases in new orders for consumer goods and
materials usually meaning positive changes in production.
Standard & Poors 500
This leading indicator reflects changes in stock prices which reflect investors expectations for the future
of the economy and interest rates.
Interest Rate Spread
This leading indicator is often referred to as the yield curve and implies the expected direction of shirt,
medium and long term interest rates
Index of Consumer Expectations
This leading indicator is based solely on consumer expectations which can indicate future spending and
tightening.
Lagging indicators
These are indicators that usually change after the economy as whole does such as duration of
unemployment, changes to the Consumer Price Index and prime rate charged by banks.
Procyclical Indicators
These move in the same direction as the general economy: they increase when the economy is doing
well and decrease when it is doing badly. GDP is considered a _____ _____.
, Countercyclical Indicators
These move in the opposite direction of the general economy such as the unemployment rate which
rises when the economy is doing badly.
Acyclical Indicators
These have little or no correlation to the business cycle and may rise or fall when the economy is doing
good or bad.
Supply and Demand Graph
This shows supply and demand as opposing curves and the intersection between the curves determines
the equilibrium price.
Equilibrium Price
This occurs at the point where quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal.
Production Possibility Curve
Better known as PPF (F=Frontier) this represents the point at which an economy is most efficiently
producing goods an services therefore allocating its resources in the best way possible.
Circular Flow of Income and Expenditures
See https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics/gdp-topic/circular-
econ-gdp-tutorial/v/circular-flow-of-income-and-expenditures
Strands
The Social Studies TEKS is divided into ______.
Citizenship Culture Science Technology Skills
The strands that make up the Social Studies TEKS includes history, geography, economics, government,
_____, _____, _____, _____, and _____.
Eighth Tenth Eleventh
Students in the _____, _____, and _____ grades are tested on their knowledge of the TEKS through
STAAR testing
Textbook
Different resources are challenging, relevant and age appropriate. The _____ is only one of many
resources.
Primary Secondary
Teachers should use numerous _____ and _____ sources to present information that is stimulating and
interesting that helps form main ideas of class instruction.
Technology
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