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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Perception of and response to different stimuli






2. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






3. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






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






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






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






7. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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






9. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






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






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






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






13. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






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






15. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






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






17. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






18. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






20. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






22. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






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






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






25. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






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






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






28. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






29. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






30. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






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






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






33. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






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






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






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






37. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






38. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






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






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






41. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






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






43. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






45. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






46. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






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






48. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






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