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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






2. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






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






4. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






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






7. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






8. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






9. 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)






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






15. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






16. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






17. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






18. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






19. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






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






21. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






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






31. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






40. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






41. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






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






43. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






44. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






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






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






47. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






48. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






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






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