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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






2. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






3. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






4. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






5. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






6. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






7. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






8. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






9. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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10. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






11. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






12. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






13. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






14. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






15. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






16. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






17. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






18. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






19. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






20. Relating new information to that previously learned.






21. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






22. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.






23. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






24. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






25. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






26. How capable one actually is.






27. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






28. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






29. The study of how students learn and develop.






30. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






31. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






32. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






33. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






34. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






35. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






36. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






37. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






38. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






39. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






40. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






41. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






42. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






43. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






44. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






45. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






46. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






47. Internalized self-talk.






48. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






49. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






50. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.