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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






2. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






3. Perception of and response to different stimuli






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






11. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






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






13. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






21. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






22. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






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






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






25. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






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






27. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






28. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






29. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






30. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






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






37. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






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






39. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






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






41. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






42. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






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






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






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






46. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






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






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






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






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