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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






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






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






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






6. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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






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






10. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






11. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






12. A person's interpretation of stimuli






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






18. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






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






20. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






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






22. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






24. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






25. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






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






27. The study of learning and teaching.






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






29. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






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






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






32. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






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






34. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






35. 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.






36. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






37. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






38. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






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






40. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






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






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






43. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






44. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






45. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






46. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






47. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






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






49. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






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