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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






2. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






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






4. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






5. 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






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






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






8. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






9. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






10. Play that occurs alone.






11. 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.






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






13. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






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






21. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






22. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






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






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






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






27. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






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






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






30. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






32. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






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






34. Research + common sense






35. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






36. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






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






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






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






40. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






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






43. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






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






45. Continuation (of behavior)






46. 5 to 9 pieces of information






47. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






48. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






49. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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