Ed Psych Midterm

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Constructive Reflection

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The postive, "serious" thinking or rethinking about the educational process

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Metaphors

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human thought processes are largely metaphorical

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Developmental Psychology

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Study of human growth in physical, social and cognitive

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Accomidation and Assimilation

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Accomidation-Altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to new information
Assimilation-fitting new information into exisiting schemes

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Piaget

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Sensiorimotor
preoperational
concerete operational
formal operational

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Sensiormotor
pre-operational

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Sensiormotor-object permanance, mental representation
Pre-operational-ability to think in symbolic form

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Authentic Learning Activity

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tasks that have connections to real-life problems the studetns will face outside the classroom

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Disequilibrium

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In piaget's theory, the "out-of-balance" state that occurs when a person realizes that his or her current ways of thinking are not working to solve a problem or understand a situation

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Vygotsky's Zone of proximinal development

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the phase a person travels through from where they begin without help, to where they can master a task given appropriate help and support from a more capable person

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logical/mathmatic knowledge

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sensitivity to, and capacity to discern, logical or numerical patterns; ability to handle long chains or reasoning

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scaffolding

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support for learning and problem solving. the support could be clues, reminders, encouragement, breaking the problem down into steps, or anything else that allows the student sto grow in independence as a learner.

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Piaget

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IQ changes Over time

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reframing

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rethinking an event over time

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Self-esteem

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opinion of yourself (not reality)

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Self-concept

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actual reality picture of yourself

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Erikson's theory of psychsocial development

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developmental crises
industry/inferiority

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At-risk

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because of life's circumstances comes to bat w/ 2 strikes

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kolberg's stories

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moral dilemmas (cancer wife)

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Kolberg's 3 stages

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1. pre-conventional
2. Conventional *****
3. Post conventional

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Gilligan

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1st stage, selfishness

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moral realism

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Dishes

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at risk

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NO anyone can have a couple of bad days

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Global Education

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crops, flooding, russia

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Defintion for culture

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the knowledge, values, attitudes, and traditions that guide the behavior of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in thier environment

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factor socioeconomic status

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relative standing in the society based on income, power, background and prestige

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hidden curriculum

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the "actual" way in which the classroom in run atmosphere of the school as opposed to the stated objective

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intelligence

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capacity to learn

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gardner

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interpersonal intelligence

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gifted kids

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drop out

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overly-used term

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Learning Disability

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Full-inclusion

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in "regular" classroom all day, support comes to them

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operate, classical conditioning

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Operant-voluntary action
classical-has to do with reflex

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Thorndike's law of Effect

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a satisfying consequence for a response will increase the likelihood that the response will be repeated

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#61

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extinction

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the disappearance of a learned response

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#69

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feedback to students and teacher

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#1 goal

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to help every students reach his/her potential

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most important outcome of school

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that students would learn how to learn

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reinforcement

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use of consequences to strengthen behavior

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metacognition

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thinking about thinking

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constructive reflection

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the positive, "serious" thinking or rethinking about the educational process

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3 advantages for kids to critical thinking

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1. it causes one to think
2. it causes one to use more then one of the cognitive skills
3. it prepares one for life

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Social Learning Theory

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Theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others

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Cognitive Apprenticeship

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relationship in which a less experienced learner acquire knowledge and skills under the guidence of an expert

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Critical Thinking

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Evaluating conclusions by logically and systematically examining the problem, the evidence adn the solution

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self-regulation

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Process of activating and sustaining thoughts, behaviors and emotions in order to reach goals

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constructivism

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view that emphasizes the active role of the learning in building understanding and making sense of information

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social persuasion

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a pep talk or specifig performance feedback, one source of self-efficacy

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social negotiation

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aspect of learning process that relies on collaboration w/ others and respect for different perspectives

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modeling

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changes in behavior, thinking, or emotions that happen through observing another person-a model

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spiral curriculum

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Bruner's design for teaching that introduces the fundamental structure of all subjects early in the school years, then revisits the subjects in more and more conplex forms over time

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Inquiry Learning

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approach in which the teacher presents a puzzling situation and students solve the problem by gathering data and testing their conclusions