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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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






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






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






4. The total length of the class.






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






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






7. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






8. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






9. The sensory register for auditory information.






10. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






12. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






13. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






14. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






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






16. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






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






18. 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.






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






20. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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21. How relevant a test is at face value.






22. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






23. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.






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






25. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






26. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






27. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






28. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






29. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






30. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






31. 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.






32. How capable one actually is.






33. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






34. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






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






36. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






37. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






38. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






39. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






40. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






41. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






42. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






43. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






44. The sensory register for visual information.






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.







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