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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






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






4. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






5. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






6. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






7. 5 to 9 pieces of information






8. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






9. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






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






11. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






12. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






13. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






14. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






15. A person's interpretation of stimuli






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






17. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






18. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






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






20. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






22. 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.






23. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






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






25. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






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






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






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






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






30. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






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






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






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






34. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






35. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






36. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






38. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






39. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






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






41. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






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






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






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






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






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






47. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






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






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






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