Test 1 Flashcards
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Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy
A teacher’s belief that he or she can reach even difficult students to help them learn
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
Differentiated Instruction
Teaching that takes into account students’ abilities, prior knowledge, and challenges so that instruction matches not only the subject being taught but also students’ needs
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
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 for conducting descriptive research in which the researcher becomes a participant in the situation in order to better understand life in that group
Case Study
Intensive study of one person or one situation
Correlations
Statistical descriptions of how closely two variables are related
Positive Correlation
A relationship between two variables in which the two increase of decrease together
Negative Correlation
A relationship between two variables in which a high value on one is associated with a low value on the other
Experimentation
Research method in which variables are manipulated and the effects recorded
Quasi-experimental Studies
Studies that fit most of 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 experiments.
Statistically Significant
Not likely to be a chance occurrence
Action Research
Systematic observation or tests of methods conducted by teachers or schools to improve teaching and learning for their students
Microgenetic 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
Single Subject Experimental
Systematic interventions to study effects with one person, often by applying and then withdrawing a treatment
Cognitive Strategies
Directly teach knowledge and skills that support student learning and deep processing of valuable information
Metacognitive Strategies
Directly teach students to monitor, regulate, and evaluate their won cognitive processes, strengths, and weaknesses as learners; teach them about when, where, why, and how to use specific strategies
Behavioral Strategies
Directly teach students strategies and tactics for managing, monitoring, and evaluating their action, motivation, affect, and environment, such as skills in: Time management, Test Taking, Help Seeking, and Note Taking
Development
Orderly, adaptive changes we go through between conception and death and remain for a reasonably long period of time
Physical Development
Changes in body structure and function over time
Personal Development
Changes in personality that take place as one grows
Social Development
Changes over time in the ways we relate to others
