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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






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






16. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






17. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






18. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






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






20. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






21. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






22. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






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






24. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






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






26. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






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






28. 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






29. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






30. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






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






32. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






34. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






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






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






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






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






39. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






40. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






41. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






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






43. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






44. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






45. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






46. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






47. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






48. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






49. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






50. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






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