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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Research + common sense






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






3. 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)






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






5. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






7. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






8. Learning of a list of items in any order.






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






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






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






12. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






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






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






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






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






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






19. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






20. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






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






22. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






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






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






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






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






27. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






28. 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






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






30. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






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






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






33. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






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






35. 5 to 9 pieces of information






36. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






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






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






40. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






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






42. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






43. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






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






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






46. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






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






48. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






49. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






50. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.