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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






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






5. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






6. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






7. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






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






9. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






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






11. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






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






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






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






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






17. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






18. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






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






20. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






21. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






23. 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






24. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






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






26. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






27. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






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






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






30. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






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






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






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






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






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






36. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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






38. 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






39. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






45. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






46. 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.






47. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






48. 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)






49. Events that precede behaviors






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