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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






2. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






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






4. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






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






6. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






8. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






9. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






10. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






11. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






12. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl


13. Repeating information in the same way it was received.






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






15. 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 external to the student.






16. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






17. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






18. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






19. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






20. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






21. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.






22. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






23. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






24. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






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. 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.






27. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






28. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






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






30. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






31. 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.






32. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






33. 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






34. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






35. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






36. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






37. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






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






39. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






40. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






41. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






42. The study of the social aspects of language use.






43. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






44. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






45. Internalized self-talk.






46. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






47. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






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






49. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






50. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.