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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






2. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






3. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






4. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






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






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






7. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






13. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






14. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






16. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






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






23. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






24. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si






25. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






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






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






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






29. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






31. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






32. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






33. 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






34. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






40. 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.






41. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






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






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






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






45. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






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






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






48. 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.






49. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






50. Perception of and response to different stimuli