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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






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






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






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






5. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






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






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






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






9. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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






11. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






12. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






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






14. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






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






16. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






23. Research + common sense






24. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






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






26. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






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






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






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






30. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






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






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






33. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






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






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






36. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






37. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






38. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






39. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






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






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






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






43. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






44. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






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






46. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






48. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






49. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






50. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow







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