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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






2. The study of learning and teaching.






3. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






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






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






6. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






7. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






8. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






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






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






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. A change in an individual that results from experience.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






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






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






21. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






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






23. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






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






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






26. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






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






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






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






30. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






37. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






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






40. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






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






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






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






44. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






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






46. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






48. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






49. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






50. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.