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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






2. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






3. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






4. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






5. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






6. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






7. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






8. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.






9. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






10. The sensory register for auditory information.






11. 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.






12. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






13. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






14. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






15. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






16. The study of how students learn and develop.






17. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






18. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






19. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






20. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is stable and intrinsic to the student.






21. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






22. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






23. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






24. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






25. 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.






26. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






27. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






28. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






29. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






30. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.






31. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






32. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






33. Relating current information with previous learning.






34. 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.






35. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






36. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






37. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






38. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






39. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






40. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






41. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






42. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






43. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






44. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






45. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






46. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






47. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






48. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






49. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






50. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.