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Theories Test 1
Study for the midterm in SE 306
Question | Answer |
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They judge their success on their students achievements | Expert teachers |
When studies are only based on observations, the results are expressed as | descriptions |
A statistical description indicating the direction and strength of a relationship | correlation |
A positive ________ between two factors indicates that the factors tend to increase or decrease together. | correlation |
Random assignments are most critical to what type of research. | experimental |
When the result of a research project is unlikely to have occured by chance it is reported as | significant |
Many educaators believe that the mark of an expert teacher is the ability to be | reflective |
The type of research that attempts to record what happens in classrooms without attempting to manipulate any variables is called _________ research. | descriptive |
The type of research that attempts to establish cause and effect relationships is a(n) ___________ study. | experimental |
Each person is given an equal opportunity to be in a treatment or control group by means of _______ sampling. | random |
Broad frameworks that attempt to explain relationships between sets of variables are called | theories |
Piaget's basic blocks of thinking and memory are | schemes |
Piaget called the the process of searching for a balence between cognitive schemas and environmental information | equilibrium |
The concept illustrated by a child that thinks that he gets more juce in his small cup that the half full larger cup is an example of a child who has not developed | conservation |
Hall mark of Piagets stage of formal operations? | hypotheticla-deductive thinking |
External support for helping children solve problems during problem solving | Scaffolding |
The area between the learner's current development level and the level of the learner cuould achieve with some support from a capable peer or adult. | Zone of Proximal Development |
According to Piaget, when environmental events cause changes in existing schemas, ______occurs. | accommodation |
"Out of sight, out of mind" describes the behavior of children who have not acquired | object permenence |
According to Ericson, the main conflict for adolescents involves the search for | Identity |
People who have a positive self-concept are said to have high | self esteem |
Whether of not a student cheats on a test or research paper in school depends of the | particular situation |
Teachers who observe children with frequent severe bruises and other signs of physical and behavioral trama should be alerted to the possibility of | child abuse |
The inability to do something specific | disability |
A disadvantage in certain situations | handicap |
the theory that defines intellignece as encompassing at least 8 separate kinds of intelligence was proposed by | Howard Gardner |
When students with exceptional qualities participate in typical subject matter lessons in regular classrooms it is called: | inclusion |
When students with exceptional qualities participate in a mix of selected subject matter classes and special education classes | mainstreaming |
A disorder that affects an individual's ability to focus on tasks or to be patient | Attention Deficit Disorder |
Classrooms in which teachers of students with disabilities and teachers of other students are involved in cooperative teaching is called a(n) ___ classroom. | inclusive |
The largest categories of students with disabilities consists of students with | learning disabilities |
Students who continually move about and do not sit still for any length of time are described as | hyperactive |
Last part of brain to develop | frontal lobes |
Genetically programmed,naturally occuring changes over time. | maturation |
Intensive study of one person or one situation | case study |
Autonomy | Independance |
His stage theory was based on the formation of personal identity | Ericson |
Established the social-cultural theory of learning | Vygotsky |
Mental efficiency, non-verbal abilities grounded in brain development | Fluid Intellignece |
Ability to apply culturally approved problem solving methods | Crystallized Intelligence |
His theory was that people create knowledge from direct experiences. | Piaget |