Chapter 1 Definitions Flashcards
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Teacher’s Self Efficacy
A teacher’s belief that he or she can reach even the most difficult students and help them learn.
What does AYP stand for?
Adequate Yearly Progress
Every Student Succeeds Act
The 2015 replacement for the No Child Left Behind Act. ESSA drops the requirement for proficiency for all students by a certain date and returns most control to the states to set standards and develop interventions.
Reflective
Thoughtful and inventive. Reflective teachers think back over situations to analyze what they did and why, and to consider how they might improve learning for their students.
What are Danielson’s 4 Domains?
Planning and Preparation
Classroom Environment
Instruction
Profesional Responsibilities
How many components are in Danielson’s framework?
22
How many elements are in Danielson’s framework?
76
What are the 4 levels of proficiency for Danielson’s 22 components?
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Distinguished
Educational Psychology
The discipline concerned with teaching and learning processes; applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as well.
Descriptive Studies
Studies that collect detailed information about specific situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews, recordings, or a combination of these methods.
Correlations
Statistical descriptions of how closely to variables are related.
Positive Correlation
A relationship between two variables in which the two increase or decrease together. Example: calorie intake and weight gain.
Negative Correlation
A relationship between two variables in which a high value on one is associated with a low value on the other . Example: height and the distance from the top of the head to the ceiling.
Experimentation
Research method in which variables are manipulated and effects recorded.
Participants/Subjects
People or animals studied
Random
Without any definite pattern; following no rule.
Quasi-experimental studies
Studies that fit most the criteria for true experiments, with the important exception that the participants are not assigned to groups at random. Instead, existing groups, such as classes or schools, participate in the experiment.
Statistically significant
Not likely to be a chance occurrence.
Case study
Intensive study of one person or one situation
Ethnography
A descriptive approach to research that focuses on life within a group and tries to understand the meaning of events to the people involved.
Participant observation
A method of conducting descriptive research in which the researcher becomes a participant in the situation in order to better understand life in that group.
Micro-genetic studies
Detailed observation and analysis of changes in a cognitive process as the process unfolds over a several-day or several-week period of time.
Qualitative Research
Exploratory research that attempts to understand the meaning of events to participants involved using such methods as case studies, interviews, ethnography, participant observation, and other approaches that focus on a few people in depth.
Quantitative Research
Research that studies many participants in a more formal and controlled way using objective measures such as experimentation, statistical analysis, tests, and structured observations.
