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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






6. 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






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






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






9. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






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






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






12. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






13. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






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






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






16. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






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






18. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






19. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






20. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






22. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






24. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






25. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






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






27. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






28. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






29. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






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






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






32. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






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






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






36. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






37. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






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






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






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






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






42. Play that occurs alone.






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






44. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






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






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






47. Events that precede behaviors






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






49. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






50. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.







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