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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






2. 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)






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






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






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






6. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






7. A change in an individual that results from experience.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






17. 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.






18. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






20. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






22. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






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






24. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






25. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






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






27. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






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






29. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






30. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






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






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






41. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






49. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






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