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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






2. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






3. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






4. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






5. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






6. Play that occurs alone.






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






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






9. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






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






11. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






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






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






14. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






15. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






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






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






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






20. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






21. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






22. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






23. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






24. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






25. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






26. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






27. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






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






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






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






31. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






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






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






34. Perception of and response to different stimuli






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






36. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






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






38. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






39. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






40. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






41. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






43. 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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44. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






45. 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






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






47. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






48. 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






49. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






50. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.