OAE professional Knowledge Flashcards
Behaviorism instructional strategies
Reword system, lights off, do homework
Action research
Research used to solve a specific classroom or school problem, improve teaching and other educational strategies, Or make a decision at a specific level
Behaviorism: decreasing negative behavior
Removing desirable stimuli, present adverse stimulus
Behaviorism: increasing positive behavior
Novel and natural reinforcers, premac principle, use a schedule, continuous and timely, contracts, prompts, shaping
Case study
An in-depth look at an individual
Cognitive constructivist instructional strategies
Project-based learning, problem-based learning
Components of experimental research
Independent variable, dependent variable, experimental group, control group, random assignment
Components of portfolios
Artifacts reproductions, attestations, productions
Control group
The group whose experience is treated in every way like the experimental group except for the manipulated factor
Correlational research
Research that describes the strength of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics
Dependent variable
The factor that is measured in an experiment
Diana versus California
Plaintiff (Spanish-speaking student) challenged fairness of IQ test given in English; didn’t go to court, but resulted in statewide action by school
Thorndike
Emphasized assessment, important task of education is to promote children’s reasoning skills, educational psychology must have scientific base
Ethnographic study
An in-depth description and interpretation of behavior in an ethnic or a cultural group that includes direct involvement with the participants
Examples of alternative assessment
- Authentic assessment
- Alternative assessment
- Portfolio assessment
Examples of formative assessment
Anticipation guide, application cards, background knowledge probe, chain notes, directed paraphrasing, exam evaluation, focused listing, gallery walk, memory matrix, muddiest point, quick writes I think pair share, readers theater, empty outlines, word Journal, approximate analogies
Examples of pre-assessment
Anticipation guide, concept maps, DRA/running records, drawing, entrance/exit tickets, games, surveys, KWL chart, open ended questioning, prediction, self eval, standardized test scores, discussion, checklist, pre-writing activity
Examples of summative assessment
Performance task, written product, oral products, standardized test
Examples of traditional assessment
Selected response, constructed response
Experimental group
The group whose experience is manipulated in an experiment
Experimental research
Research that allows the determinism of the causes of behavior
Fairness
Do all students have equal opportunity to demonstrate knowledge/skills?
Formative assessment
Occurs during instruction; accommodates student learning rather than just measuring student knowledge