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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






2. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






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






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






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






6. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






7. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






8. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






10. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






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






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






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






18. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






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






28. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






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






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






31. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






32. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






33. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






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






35. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






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






37. Perception of and response to different stimuli






38. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






39. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






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






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






42. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






43. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






44. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






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






46. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






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






48. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






49. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






50. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)