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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






2. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






3. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






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






5. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






6. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si






7. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






8. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






9. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






10. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






11. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






12. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






13. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






14. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






15. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






16. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






17. Continuation (of behavior)






18. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






19. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






20. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






21. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






22. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






23. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






24. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






25. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






26. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






27. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






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






29. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






30. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






31. The study of learning and teaching.






32. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






33. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






34. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






35. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






36. Play that occurs alone.






37. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






38. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






39. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






40. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






41. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






42. Research + common sense






43. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






44. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






45. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






46. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






47. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






48. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






49. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






50. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.