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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






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






9. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






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






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






12. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






13. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






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






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






16. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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






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






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






20. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






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






22. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






23. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






24. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






26. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






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






35. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






36. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






37. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






38. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






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






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






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






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






43. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






44. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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







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