Pedagogy Flashcards
Piaget’s cognitive stage in which children are able to debate social matters and other abstract ideas?
Formal Operational
Piaget’s cognitive stage in which children are able to demonstrate through motor activity without use of symbols
Sensorimotor
Piaget’s cognitive stage in which children are able to use symbols, language use matures, and memory and imagination are developed
Pre-operational
Piaget’s cognitive stage in which children demonstrate intelligence through logical and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete object
Concrete Operational
Students are given assignments on the basis of their ability levels and provided with frequent opportunities for success
Erikson
Students are encourage to eat if hungry, provided with a safe environment, and made to feel accepted in the classroom
Maslow
Students are given a reward for positive behavior and academic success and a consequence for negative behavior and lack of academic progress
Watson
Students are assessed and encouraged to work at their own pace as they are introduce to new information one step at a time.
Erikson
What theory is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help?
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) by Lev Vygotsky
The concept of a spiraling curriculum where learners continually build knowledge on what they already know, has its basis in the theories of …
Lev Vygotsky
The following situation might affect the student’s ability to learn due to their culture or family
A student from a large family whose members own a family business is asked to work quietly and independently
According to B.F. Skinner, what is the example of a negative reinforcement?
A sanction is removed; a desirable behavior increases
The term that best describes a cognitive process that involves combining information to develop new understanding, concepts, or ideas?
Conjecture
Whose theory made us understand that morality starts from the early childhood years and can be affected by several factors?
Lawrence Kohlberg
This theorists promotes mastery learning and higher level thinking.
Benjamin Bloom
This theorist is in the cognitive tradition, and influential on the curriculum reform projects.
Jerome Bruner
This test measures students’ understanding of a subject area or skills base.
Diagnostic Testing
This test measures a students’ overall performance across a broad range of mental capabilities.
Aptitude Test
These notes are used to record specific observations of individual student behaviors, skills, and attitude as they relate to the outcomes in the program of studies.
Anecdotal Notes
An assessment intended to estimate students’ learned reasoning and problem solving abilities through a battery of verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal test items
Abilities Test
Most appropriate for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a student who is new to the school district?
Diagnostic Test
A teacher wants students to effectively use peer assessment to improve their writing. Which of the following is the best first step when guiding students in how to do so?
Establishing criteria for good writing
What activity best reflects a family-centered program and the promotion of parent partnerships with the school?
A. Relating classroom activities to the various needs and interests of children and families
B. Creating programs that offer community resources after school.
C. Implementing before-and after-school programs for students in the community
D. Providing opportunities for families to use the school’s computer lab
A. Relating classroom activities to the various needs and interests of children and families
Ms. Ortiz' seventh-grade class is struggling with writing assignments in language arts. Recently Ms. Ortiz attended a workshop that introduced a new strategy that she feels might benefit her students. As she implements the strategy in her classroom, she collects data to determine the effectiveness of the new strategy on her students’ writing. Which of the following best describes the research methodology Ms. Ortiz is using? A. Experimental Research B. Descriptive Research C. Correlational study D. Action Research
D. Action Research
This is the organization of a curriculum and macro “themes”
Thematic instruction
A distinct form of measurement. It’s purpose is to ascertain, prior to instruction, each student’s strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills.
Diagnostic assessment
This theory posits that learning is a cognitive process that takes place in a social context and can occur purely through observation or direct instruction.
Social Learning Theory
This type of assessment, or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population
Norm-referenced test
an inquiry or research in the context of focused efforts to improve the quality of an organization and its performance.
action research
____ is the systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods applied to a field of study
Methodology
___ is a test of developed skill or knowledge.
Achievement test
