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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






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






3. Learning of a list of items in any order.






4. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






5. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






6. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






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






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






9. The study of learning and teaching.






10. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






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






12. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






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






14. Events that precede behaviors






15. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






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






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






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






19. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






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






21. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






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






23. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






28. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






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






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






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






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






33. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






34. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






35. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






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






44. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






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






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






47. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






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






49. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






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