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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






2. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






3. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






4. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






5. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






6. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






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






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






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






10. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






11. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






12. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






13. Play that occurs alone.






14. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






15. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






16. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






18. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






19. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






20. The study of learning and teaching.






21. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






22. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






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






24. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






25. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






26. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






27. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






29. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






30. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






32. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






33. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






34. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






35. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






36. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






37. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






39. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






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






41. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






42. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






43. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






44. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






45. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






46. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






47. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






48. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






49. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






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







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