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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






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






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






5. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






6. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






8. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






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






10. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






11. Research + common sense






12. Perception of and response to different stimuli






13. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






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






15. 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.






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






17. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






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






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






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






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






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






23. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






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






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






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






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






29. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






30. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






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






32. 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)






33. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






34. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






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






36. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






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






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






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






40. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






41. 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






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






43. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






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






45. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






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






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






48. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






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






50. 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)