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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






2. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






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






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






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






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






8. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






9. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






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






11. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






12. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






13. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






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






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






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






17. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






18. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






19. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






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






21. 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.






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






23. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






25. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






26. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






27. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






28. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






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






30. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






31. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






32. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






33. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






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






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






36. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






37. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






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






40. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






41. 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.






42. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






43. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






44. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






45. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






46. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






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






49. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






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