HGC Exam 1 Flashcards
A scientific Discipline hat uses psychological constructs and research methods to understand how the various characteristics of students, teachers, learning tasks, and educational settings interact to produce the everyday behaviors we see in school settings
Educational Psychology
3 ways Educational Psych makes you a better teacher
- Provides info about a wide range of knowledge and skills
- Offers useful and tested ideas for improving instruction
- Helps prepare teachers to be effective
T/F Teachers who have had relevant coursework in education and psych are likely to be more competent that teachers who lack such coursework
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Why does research drive education?
We have to know what works and what doesn’t to learn how to best teach students
Characteristics of unsystematic Observation
- Draws conclusions based on personal observations
- Not necessarily
- Drawn from rash/quick judgements
Characteristics of systematic Observation
- Research based
- More accurate
- Objectivity
- Replicated by others
- Published
T/F Retaining students in a grade is an example of a practice from unsystematic observation
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How is teaching an art and a science
It is an art because it has to do with beliefs, emotions, values, and flexibility. It is a science because it involves a usable body of research findings.
Characteristics of Reflective Teaching
- introspective
- Open mind but question attitudes about educational theories and practices
- Willingness to take responsibility for your decisions and actions
A predictive number of how well you will do in a subject or activity
Intelligence
Information you have learned and can answer questions about shows you are ________
Smart
Created a test to predict who would qualify for regular classes or sped classes
Binet (1904)
What was Binet’s original purpose in creating an intelligence test?
To predict what children would succeed in regular classroom settings and which would need special education
Revised Binet’s intelligence test and included a summary score (intelligence quotient)
Lewis Terman (1916)
What was the name of Terman’s revised version of Binet’s IQ test?
Stanford-Binet Test
2 factors of intelligence according to Spearman
General Factor: affects performance on all intellectual tests
Specific Factor: Affects performance only on specific intellectual tests
Limitations of IQ Tests (4)
- They cannot be directly measured
- They test capabilities related to the classroom setting more than basic human functions/capabilities
- Scores can be improved with systematic instruction
- Anything that enhances classroom performance will also have a positive influence on IQ test performance
View of Intelligence that said individuals have the global capacity to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with the environment in which they find themselves
David Wechsler’s Global Capacity
View of Intelligence that said people have 3 “abilities” that make up their intelligence
Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory
3 parts of Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory
- Practical Ability (Street Smarts): How one adapts, shapes, and selects one’s environment
- Creative ability: How one solves unfamiliar problems
- Analytical ability: Ability to use prior knowledge and cognitive skills to solve problems and learn new things
View of Intelligence that has 8 components
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Musical Spatial Linguistic Logical-MAthetmatical Bodily-Kinesthetic Interpersonal Interpersonal Naturalist
Consistent preference over time for dealing with intellectual tasks in a particular way
Learning Style
3 types of learning styles
- Reflectivity and Impulsivity
- Field-Dependence and Field Independence
- Mental Self-Government Styles
Learning Style wherein a student prefers to spend more time collecting info and analyzing it before offering a response
Reflectivity
Learning Style wherein a student responds quickly with little information to a question or problem
Impulsivity
Learning Style wherein a persons’ perceptions of and thoughts of a task are strongly influenced by contextual factors or others’ behavior
Field-Dependence
Learning Style wherein a person’s perception of a task are influenced by their own knowledge rather than others
Field-Independence
Sternberg’s 13 Mental Self-Government Styles
Legislative Executive Judicial Monarchic Hierarchic Oligarchic Anarchic Global Local Internal External Liberal Conservative
T/F As a teacher you shouldn’t feel like you have to emphasize all learning styles in your classroom
F, you should design lessons to emphasize all major styles so that students all have an opportunity to demonstrate what they learn
T/F Females tend to outscore males on tests measuring visual-spatial ability, math, and college entrance
F, males outscore females in this. Females outscore males in tests in memory and language
Possible reasons gender differences exist 4
- Hormonal Differences
- Differences in brain structure
- Peer pressure
- Differences in self-discipline
Responding differently to a male or female student without having educational reasons for doing so
Gender Bias
3 ways gender bias affects students
- Course selection, particularly in math and science
- Career Choices (gender stereotypes and teachers not encouraging students to study a certain field due to gender)
- Class participation/teachers treated sexes differently
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Practical ways for gender equality in the classroom
Parenting style where parents establish limits and explain reasoning; warm, encouraging, affectionate
Authoritative
Parenting style where parents make demands and wild power without reason; fail to consider child’s view and lack warmth
Authoritarian
Parenting Style where parents are disorganized and inconsistent; make few demands and let children make their own decisions
Permissive
Parenting Style where parents make no demands or responses to a child’s emotional needs
Rejecting-Neglecting