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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






2. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






4. 5 to 9 pieces of information






5. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






6. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






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






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






9. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






11. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






12. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






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






14. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






15. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






16. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






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






19. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






20. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






22. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






23. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






26. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






27. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






28. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






29. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






30. Play that occurs alone.






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






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






33. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






35. 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






36. Continuation (of behavior)






37. 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






38. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






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






40. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






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






43. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






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






45. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






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






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






49. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






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