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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






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






3. 5 to 9 pieces of information






4. 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.






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






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






7. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






8. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






9. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






10. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






11. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






12. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






13. 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






14. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






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






16. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






17. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






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






19. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






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






21. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






22. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






23. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






24. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






25. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






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






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






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






29. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






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






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






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






33. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






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






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






36. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






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






38. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






39. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






40. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






41. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






42. Events that precede behaviors






43. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






44. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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






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






47. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






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






50. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.







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