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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






4. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






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






6. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






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






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






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






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






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






12. 5 to 9 pieces of information






13. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






14. 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






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






16. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






18. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






19. 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






20. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






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






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






24. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






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






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. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






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






29. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






36. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






39. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






40. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






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






42. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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