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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






2. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






3. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






4. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si






5. Play that occurs alone.






6. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






7. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






8. A change in an individual that results from experience.






9. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






10. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






11. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






12. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






13. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






14. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






15. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






16. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






17. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






18. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






19. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






20. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






21. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






22. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






23. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






24. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






25. Perception of and response to different stimuli






26. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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27. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






28. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






29. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






30. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






31. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






32. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






33. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






34. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






35. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






36. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






37. A person's interpretation of stimuli






38. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






39. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






40. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






41. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






42. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






43. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






44. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






45. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






46. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






47. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






48. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






49. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






50. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.







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