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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






2. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






3. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






4. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






5. A change in an individual that results from experience.






6. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






7. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






8. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






9. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






10. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






11. 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.






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






13. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






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






15. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






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






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






18. 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)






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






20. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






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






36. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






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






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






39. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






40. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






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






42. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






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






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






45. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






46. 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






47. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






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






49. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






50. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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