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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






2. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






3. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.






4. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






5. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






6. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






7. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






8. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






9. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






10. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






11. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






12. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






13. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






14. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






15. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






16. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






17. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






18. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






19. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






20. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






21. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






22. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






23. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






24. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






25. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






26. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






27. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.






28. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






29. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






30. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






31. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






32. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






33. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






34. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






35. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






36. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






37. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






38. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






39. How relevant a test is at face value.






40. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






41. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






42. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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43. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






44. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






45. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






46. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






47. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






48. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






49. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






50. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.







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