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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






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






3. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






4. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






5. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






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






8. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






9. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






11. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






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






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






14. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






15. Events that precede behaviors






16. 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.






17. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






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






19. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






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






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






22. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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






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






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






27. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






29. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






30. Play that occurs alone.






31. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






38. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






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






40. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






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






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






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






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






45. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






47. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






48. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






49. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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