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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






2. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






3. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






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






5. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






13. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






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






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






17. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






18. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






19. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






20. 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.






21. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






22. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






23. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






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






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






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






27. 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)






28. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






29. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






30. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






31. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






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






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






34. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






35. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






41. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






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






43. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






44. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






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






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






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






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






49. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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







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