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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






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






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






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






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






6. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






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






8. A person's interpretation of stimuli






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






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






11. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






12. 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






13. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






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






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






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






18. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






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






20. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






21. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






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






23. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






24. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






25. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






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






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






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






29. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






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






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






32. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






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






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






35. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






36. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






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






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






39. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






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






41. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






42. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






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






44. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






46. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






47. Events that precede behaviors






48. 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)






49. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






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