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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






2. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






3. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






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






5. Perception of and response to different stimuli






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






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






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






9. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






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






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






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






20. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






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






22. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






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






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






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






26. 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)






27. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






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






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






30. 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






31. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






33. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






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






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






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






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






38. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






39. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






41. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






43. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






44. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






45. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






46. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






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






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






49. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






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