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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






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






3. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






4. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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






6. 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






7. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






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






9. 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)






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






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






12. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






13. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






14. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






15. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






16. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






23. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






24. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






25. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






26. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






27. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






28. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






29. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






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






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






33. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






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






35. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






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






38. Research + common sense






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






40. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






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






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






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






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






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






46. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






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






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






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






50. 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