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33 Cards in this Set
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Piaget's concrete operational stage
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thought more logical, flexible, organized
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Conservation
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capable of decentration (multitask)
and reversibility (think through series of steps and reverse direction) |
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Classification
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more aware of classification heirarchy and focus on 3 relations at the same time
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Seriation
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order items by quantitative dimension like hight or weight
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Spatial reasoning
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Improve in directions and cognitive maps
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Limitations of concrete operational thought
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Kids think logically only with concrete info they percieve directly
work poorly with abstract ideas |
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Impact of culture and schooling on development of concrete operational stage
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tribes conservation delayed
school promotes piagetian tasks |
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Improvements in info processing speed and capacity and inhibition in MC
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gain in speed of thinking due to pruning and myelination
greater suppression of distracting stimuli |
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3 general improvements in attention in MC
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More
Selective Adaptive Planful |
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Memory strategies
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Rehearsal
Organization Elaboration |
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Rehearsal
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repeating info to oneself
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Organization
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grouping related item
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Elaboration
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create relationship b/w two or more pieces of info that are not in same category
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Whole language approach to teaching reading
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parallels kids natural language learning through use of meaningful reading materials
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Phonics approach to teaching reading
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emphasizes coaching kids on phonics, rules for translating symbols into sounds
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Best approach to learn reading
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combine whole language to keep meaningful with phonics to decode new words
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Effectiveness of teaching math through drill repetition vs exploring underlying math concepts
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conceptual knowledge aids complex problems
rote mem has more error and difficulty in application |
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What age does IQ become more stable and predictive of school performance
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age 6
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2 intelligence tests commonly used in MC
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Stanford-Binet Intelligence skills - gen knowledge, quantitative reasoning, working mem, info processing, spatial
Wechsler Intelligence scale - verbal, spatial, mem, process speed |
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3 components of sternberg's triarchic theory or intelligence
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Analytical intelligence - strategies, regulation
Creative intelligence - solve new prob Practical intelligence - adapt/select environment |
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Multiple intelligences theory
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Gardner proposes at least 8 independent inteligence on basis distinct sets of operations allow ppl to participate
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8 intelligences
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Linguistic
Logico-math Musical Spatial Kinesthetic Naturalist Interpersonal Intrapersonal |
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Emotional intelligence
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set of emotional abilities that enable individuals to process and adapt to emotional info
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Heritability estimate of IQ
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.5
mix of heredity and environment white family adopted black kids and intergenerations show gap is environmental |
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Cultural influences on IQ
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affected by amt of time in school, exposure to specific info, communication styles
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Stereotype threat
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fear of being judged on asis of negative stereotype that triggers anxiety and interferes with performance
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Interest in riddles and puns tell us what about language development in MC
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More analytic and reflective approach to language
appreciates multiple meanings of words |
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Billingual education vs english only
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Bilingual kids more advanced in cog development and metalinguistic awareness
english only leads to SEMILINGUALISM - meh in both languages |
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Metalinguistic awareness
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ability to think of language as system
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Class size and academic achievement
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as class size declines, academics improve
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Divergent thinking
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generating multiple and unusual possibilities when faced with task
creativity |
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Convergent thiking
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arriving at single correct answer to problem
emphasized on intelligence test |
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Why do asians perform better academically than americans?
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Cultural valuing of academics
Emphasis on effort High quality education for all More school time |
