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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






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






3. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






4. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






5. 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






6. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






7. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






8. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






9. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






10. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






11. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






12. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






13. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






14. The study of learning and teaching.






15. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






16. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






17. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






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






19. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






20. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






21. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






22. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






23. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






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






25. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






26. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






28. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






29. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






30. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






31. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






32. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






33. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






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






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






36. Play that occurs alone.






37. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






38. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






39. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






40. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






41. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






42. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






43. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






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






45. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






46. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






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






48. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






49. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






50. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.