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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






2. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






3. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






4. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






5. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






6. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






7. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






8. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






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






10. 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.






11. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






12. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






13. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






14. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






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






16. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






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






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






19. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






21. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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






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






24. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






25. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






26. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






27. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






28. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






29. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






30. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






31. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






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






33. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






34. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






35. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






36. The study of learning and teaching.






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






38. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






39. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






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






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






42. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






43. 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






44. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






45. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






47. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






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






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






50. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.