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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Learning of a list of items in any order.






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






3. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






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






5. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






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






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






8. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






9. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension






10. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






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






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






13. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






14. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






15. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






16. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






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






18. 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)






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






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






21. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






22. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






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






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






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






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






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






28. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






35. Play that occurs alone.






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






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






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






39. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






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






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






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






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






50. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)