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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






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






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






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






5. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






6. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






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






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






9. The study of learning and teaching.






10. Events that precede behaviors






11. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






12. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






14. 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






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






16. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






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






18. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






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






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






21. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






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






23. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






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






25. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






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






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






29. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






30. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






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






32. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






33. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






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






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






36. A change in an individual that results from experience.






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






38. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






39. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






40. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






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






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






43. A person's interpretation of stimuli






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






45. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






46. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






47. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






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






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






50. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.