EDUPSYCH

Sex differences generally are small

Practitioner identify research question based on problems of practice then analyze data to address the problem

Morpheme: smallest unit of sound; Phoneme: smallest unit of meaning in language

ability to produce an artistic work by utilizing original imagination and clever ideas

classes that are devoted to teaching ad learning english

Subtractive bilingualism: leaving first language, learn a new one; Additive: keeping first language, learn new one

Agreement between parents and the school about the services that will be provided to the students

Convergent thinking is the ability to propose many different ideas or answers

a national project based at the University of Michigan and dedicated to improving teaching practice

Studies that collect detailed information about specific situations, often using observation, surveys

Legislation requires states to test students annually

Laboratory has been criticized as being artificial

is defined as the way a person approaches learning and studying

Preferred ways of studying and learning

the entire language use in all levels of schools

the study of development, learning, motivation, teaching, and assessment in d out of schools

Mental Energy is denoted as "s" in the Two-Factory theory of Intelligence

Is an important part of effective teaching

are better predictors of grades in school

knowledge of letters, sounds, and grammars

According to Sternberg, intelligence is more than what is tested by cognitive abilities measures

Being a effective teacher requires commitment , motivation, and caring, qualities that include having a good attitude

refers to knowledge and skills, usually developed in preschool years; foundation of reading and writing

a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavio

usually determined statistically

Crystallized Intelligence is the mental efficiency and the reasoning ability to solve new things

Developmental disability significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction

Response to intervention is a preventive approach that has 3 Tiers

phenomenon wherein students think that they understand a certain lesson or content because it seems less difficult

Pragmatics: appropriate use of language to communicate in social situation; Semantics: study of meaning of sentences

Linguistic: appreciate and produce rhythm, tone; musical: sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, and word meanings

effective teachers establish and maintain an environment in which learning can occur

Research that allows the determination of the causes of behavior

is a cognitive processing approach to understanding intelligence that focuses on the skills needed to be cessful

In TeachingWorks, project members working with experienced teachers have identified how many high-leverage practices?

Belief that s/he can reach even difficult students to help them learn

ability to recognize plants and animals

Every child is a distinctive collection of talents, abilities, and limitations.

“Something more” is the ability to see things in a new way—restructuring the problem, which leads to a sudden insight

Bodily-Kinesthetic: ability to control body movements; Spatial: ability to perceive visual and spatial accurately

inability to do something is associated to handicap

Labels can be seen as a stigma, prophecy, explanation, and protection.

words a person can understand is associated to Receptive Vocabulary

Founded the Journal of Educational Psychology; Wrote the first Educational Psychology

Cattell & Horn: Multiple Intelligence; Gardner's Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence

Syntac is the application of rules of grammar in situation where they don't apply

is the sheer number of different responses

In-depth description and interpretation of behavior in an ethnic or a cultural group

DEVIATION IQ: a number that tells exactly how much a person’s score is above or below the average age group.

AMABILE'S THREE COMPONENTS OF CREATIVITY: domain-relevant skills, creativity-relevant skills, divergent thinking

Father of progressive education movement

Code switching: switching between two/more language in single utterance;Code mixing:moving between two/more speech forms

In experimental research, the assignment of participants to experimental controlled groups by chance is important.

Person-First Language: emphasis on the person; Identity-first: Disability is part of them

schema that organizes knowledge or perceptions of a group

special groups of immigrant who relocate because they are fleeing

Children can be fully bilinguagl if the dual language exposure begins before age 5

The group whose experience is manipulated in the experiment is the controlled group.

Mixed Methods Research consists of using both a quantitative measure, and also using a qualitative measure.

The event that is being manipulated is the "effect"

the ;anguage spoken in a student's home or by members of fam

ability to deal effectively with novel situations and find new solutions

The expectation, based on previous experiences with a lack of control, that all of one’s efforts will lead to failure

components are laguage, narratice, conventions of print, emergent reading

Plasticity: changes in neuronal connections as a result of interactions with the environment

computed by comparing the mental-age score to the person’s actual chronological age