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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
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1. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






4. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






5. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






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






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






10. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






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






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






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






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






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






16. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






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






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






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






21. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






22. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






23. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






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






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






26. Events that precede behaviors






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






28. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






29. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






30. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






32. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






33. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






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






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






37. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






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






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






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






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






42. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






43. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






44. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






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






46. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






47. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






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






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






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