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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






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






3. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






4. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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






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






8. 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






9. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






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






11. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






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






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






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






15. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






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






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






18. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






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






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






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






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






23. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






24. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






25. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






26. 5 to 9 pieces of information






27. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






28. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






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






30. 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)






31. 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)






32. 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






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






34. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






35. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






36. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






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






38. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






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






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






41. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






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






43. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






44. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






45. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






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






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






48. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






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






50. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.







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