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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






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






3. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






4. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






5. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






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






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






8. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






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






10. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






11. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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






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






20. 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






21. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






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






23. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






24. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






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






26. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






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






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






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






30. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






31. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






32. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






33. The study of learning and teaching.






34. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






35. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






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






37. A person's interpretation of stimuli






38. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






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






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






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






42. 5 to 9 pieces of information






43. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






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






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






46. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






47. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






48. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






49. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






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