Educational Psychology

Which of the following terms refers to knowledge about how to teach a specific discipline? correct answer: pedagogical content knowledge Which of the following terms refers to excellent knowledge about the content of a specific discipline? correct answer: expert knowledge T/F - While many effective teaching practices extend across subject areas, teachers also need basic understanding of content knowledge exclusive to a given subject area correct answer: true According to recent resea...

Grouping individual bits of information. into larger bits of information is called.... correct answer: Chunking Knowledge about learning and/or thinking about thinking is called correct answer: Megacognition What is the best way to build robust knowledge-practice, worked examples, or self-explanations, and why? correct answer: Self explanations- explaining each step, drawing a model, explaining to a peer Encourages connections and coherence The processing of information relies on th...

Classroom management emphasizes_______________ student behavior correct answer: positive Teacher is best viewed as a ___________________ correct answer: • director What strategies should be used at the beginning of the school year. correct answer: 1) communicate your rules and procedures to the class and get student cooperation in following them 2) get students to engage effectively in all learning activities Know the different physical classroom arrangements correct answer: *Aud...

Piaget correct answer: -cognitive development -4 stages of development -age ranges of stages are flexible -one must complete each stage before moving to the next one Skinner correct answer: -Behaviorism -reinforcement -father of operant conditioning Bandura correct answer: -Social Learning Theory -Learning by observation Vygotsky correct answer: -Social Development Theory -learning by observation -ZPD -learning from others Bruner correct answer: -Cognitive Development ...

Learning Science correct answer: A new interdisciplinary science of learning has emerged, based on research psychology, education, computer science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, and other fields that study learning. Constructivism correct answer: View that emphasizes the active role of the learner, in building understanding, and making sense of information 1st wave constructivism (piaget) correct answer: A focus on the individed and psychological sources of knowing...