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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






2. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






3. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






4. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






5. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






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






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






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






10. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






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






12. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






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






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






15. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






16. 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)






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






23. 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






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






25. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






26. Research + common sense






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






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






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






30. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






31. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






32. 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)






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






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






35. 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.






36. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






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






38. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






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






40. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






41. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






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






43. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






44. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






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






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






47. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






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






49. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






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