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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






2. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






3. 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






4. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






5. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






6. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






7. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






8. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






9. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






10. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






11. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






12. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






13. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






14. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






15. Perception of and response to different stimuli






16. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






17. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






18. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






19. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






20. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






21. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






22. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






23. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






24. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






25. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






26. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






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






28. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






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






30. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






31. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






32. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






33. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






34. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






35. 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






36. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






37. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






38. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






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






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






41. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






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






43. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






44. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






45. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






46. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






47. Learning of a list of items in any order.






48. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






49. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






50. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.