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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. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






3. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






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






5. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






6. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






7. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






8. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






9. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






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






11. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






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






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






14. 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






15. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






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






17. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Play that occurs alone.






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






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






26. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






27. 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






28. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






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






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






31. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






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






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






34. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






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






37. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






38. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






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






40. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






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






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






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






44. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






45. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






46. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






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






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






49. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






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