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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






2. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






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






4. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






5. The study of learning and teaching.






6. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






7. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






9. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






10. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






11. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






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






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






14. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






15. 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






16. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






17. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






18. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






20. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






21. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






22. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






24. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






25. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






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






27. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






34. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






35. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






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






37. 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.






38. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






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






40. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






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






42. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






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






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






45. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






46. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






47. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






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






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