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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






2. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






9. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






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






11. 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.






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 process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






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






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






16. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






17. 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.






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






19. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






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






21. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






23. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






24. 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






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






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






27. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






28. 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






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






30. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






33. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






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






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






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






37. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






38. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






39. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






40. 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






41. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






42. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






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






44. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






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






46. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






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






48. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






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






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