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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






2. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






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






4. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Perception of and response to different stimuli






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






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






13. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






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






15. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






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






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






18. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






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






20. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






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






22. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






23. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






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






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






26. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






27. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






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






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






30. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






31. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






33. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






34. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






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






36. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






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






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






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






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






42. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






43. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






44. 5 to 9 pieces of information






45. 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.






46. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






47. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






48. Research + common sense






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






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