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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






2. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






3. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






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






5. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






6. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






7. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






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






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






10. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






12. 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.






13. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






14. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






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






17. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.






18. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






27. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






28. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






29. 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.






30. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






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






32. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






33. 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)






34. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si






35. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






36. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






37. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






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






39. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






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






41. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






43. 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






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






45. Continuation (of behavior)






46. Events that precede behaviors






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






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






49. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






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







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