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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






2. 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)






3. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






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






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






6. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






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






8. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






9. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






10. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






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






12. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






13. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






14. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






15. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






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






17. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






18. 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.






19. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






20. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






21. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






22. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






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






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






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






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






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






28. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






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






35. 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)






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






37. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






38. Research + common sense






39. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






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






41. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






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






49. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






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







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