Week One: Learning and Development as Concepts Flashcards
What are concepts?
Concepts organize knowledge and experiences
Critical attributes have to…
have to be present in every example of a concept
Non-critical attributes can…
Be present in examples of a concept, but do not define a concept
What do critical attributes do?
They define and distinguish it from other concepts
How does Hopkins define Child-Development?
Changes in an individual through a succession of age-adequate, level of organisation by successive stable states of increasing complexity and organisation
How does Woolfolk and Margetts define: Emtional development
Changes in understanding, expression and regulation of feelings
How does Woolfolk and Margetts define: Physical development
Changes in body structure and function over time
How does Woolfolk and Margetts define: Social development
Changes in ability to interact with and relate to others
individually and at broader societal levels
How does Woolfolk and Margetts define: Cognitive development
Changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated over time
How does Duchesne and McMaugh define: Moral Development?
The growing understanding of right and wrong, and
the change in behaviour caused by that understanding; sometimes called a
conscience
What is commonly mentioned in the definitions of development?
Increasing complexity
What are some reasons why teachers choose not to engage with researchers?
Discomfort of change, uncertain findings, unwillingness to adopt findings that go against their intuition, and believe that researchers are out of touch with a classroom context.
What is ‘top-down’ and ‘bi-directional’ learning?
In top-down communication, the researcher passes on their knowledge. In bi-directional communication, the teacher and the researcher have a conversation and learn from each other.
What is a casual-relationship?
A causal relationship means that the manipulation of one variable causes a change in the learning outcomes. They are important because that means learning outcomes can be enhanced through the variable.
What is the lab-to-classroom model?
(Basic Labratory) Participants take place in studying simple, academically unrelated materials to find a learning strategy which benefits the participant (i.e. learning lists of unrelated words), (Apllied Labratory) Upon finidng a beneficial strategy, we will mimic it, but instead relating to relevant academic topics. (Applied classroom) Taking This strategy and examining how it will playout in a genuine classroom environment.
