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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






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






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






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






17. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






18. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






19. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






21. A person's interpretation of stimuli






22. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






23. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






24. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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45. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






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






47. 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.






48. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






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






50. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.