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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






7. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






8. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






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






10. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






12. 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.






13. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






14. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






15. 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)






16. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






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






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






19. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






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






21. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






22. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






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






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






25. Perception of and response to different stimuli






26. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






27. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






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






36. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






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






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






39. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






40. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






41. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






42. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






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






45. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






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






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






49. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






50. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves