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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






2. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






3. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension






4. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






5. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






6. 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.






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






8. A person's interpretation of stimuli






9. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






10. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






11. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






12. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






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






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






15. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






16. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






17. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






18. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






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






20. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






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






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






23. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






24. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






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






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






27. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






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






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






31. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






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






33. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






34. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






35. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






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






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






38. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






39. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






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






41. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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






43. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






44. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






45. Play that occurs alone.






46. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






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






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






49. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






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