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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






2. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






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






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






5. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






6. Perception of and response to different stimuli






7. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






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






9. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






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






11. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






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






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






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






15. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






17. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






19. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






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






21. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






22. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






24. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






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






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






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






28. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






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






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






31. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






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






34. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






35. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






36. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






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






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






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






40. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






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






42. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






43. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension






44. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






46. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






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






48. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






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






50. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).