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Praxis II PLT
Praxis II PLT
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06/09/2011

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David Elkind
Definition
Imaginary Audience
Personal Fable
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Jean Piaget
Definition
Stages of Cognitive Development:

Sensorimotor (0-2)
Preoperational (2-7)
- egocentric
- stubborn
- limited social awareness
Concrete Operations (7-11)
- can perform transformations
- decenter (less stubborn)
- Inductive Reasoning
- Better Math/Counting skills
- Can manipulate symbols
Formal Operations (11+)
- high-ordered critical thinking
- Can engage in abstract, hypothetical thought
- Can use scientific
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Erik Erikson
Definition
Psycho-social stages
1. Initiative v. Guilt
- Being able to break away from parents
2. Industry v. Inferiority
- basic scholastic skills
3. Identity v. Identity diffusion
- knowing 'who I am', my goals, ideas, values
4. Intimacy v. Isolation
- Able to for 'true' relationships
Term
Abraham Maslow
Definition
Needs that need to met before students can be effective learners:
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Affiliation
Term
Information-processing
Definition
What information needs to actually be learned in order to meet the desired objectives
Term
Stenberg's Triarchic Theory
Definition
Three factors of learning:
1. The mechanics of intelligence
2. The Learner's experiences
3. The Learner's context
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Metacognition
Definition
Metacognitive Knowledge and Metacognitive Control
- person knowledge, task knowledge, strategy knowledge
- intraindividual, interindividual, universe knowledge
Term
MB Baxter-Magolda
Definition
Promote Motivation through:
1. Validating Students as Learners
2. Questioning Authority by example
3. Validate Students' Opinions
Term
Watson/Skinner
Definition
Behaviorism: Operant Conditioning
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Albert Bandura
Definition
Reciprocal Determinism: Behavior, environment, and psychological processes may change, without rewards or stimulus (i.e. through observing). Modeling
Term
L.S. Vygotsky
Definition
Social interaction effects cognitive development.
Zone of Proximal Development: Life span for each stage of cognitive development. Social interaction enhances these life spans (i.e. learning to speak is social first, then becomes internal).
Term
Howard Gardner
Definition
Multiple Intelligences
1. Linguistic
2. Logical-Mathematical
3. Spatial
4. Bodily-Kinesthetic
5. Musical
6. Interpersonal
7. Intrapersonal
8. Naturalist
Term
Jerome Bruner
Definition
Learning is an Active Process. Four aspects of instruction:
1. Creating a disposition towards learning
2. Structuring a body of knowledge so that the learner can easily grasp it.
3. Determining the best sequence for presenting the material
4. Presenting the stimuli, reinforcing the stimuli, rewards, and punishments appropriately
Term
John Dewey
Definition
The theory of inquiry - learning by doing
Term
Educational Scaffolding
Definition
Spiral Curriculum?
Term
Gagné-Ausubel
Definition
Pattern of Lecture:
1. Get attention/introduce a question
2. Present new content (less than 15 min.)
3. Practice new content
4. Monitor practice
5. Present results
6. Make assignment
Term
Jointly Constructed Meaning
Definition
M.B. Baxter-Magolda: dialogue/mutual learning
Situate learning in the students' own experiences (use inclusive language, activities, and personal experience)
Term
Ethnocentrism
Definition
My family's (culture's) way of doing things is best
Term
Hawthorne Effect
Definition
Teacher's beliefs about their students become self-fulfilling prophecy
Term
1975 IDEA
Definition
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Term
1990 ADA
Definition
Americans with Disabilities Act
Term
IEP
Definition
Individual Education Plan
Term
Benjamin Bloom
Definition
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Classification of different levels of comprehension:

1. Knowledge (repeating an answer)
2. Comprehension (Stating in own words)
3. Application (Applying to different situations)
4. Analysis (Taking apart and putting back together)
5. Synthesis (Putting together in a new creative way)
6. Evaluation (Explaining why)
Term
Kohlberg
Definition
Six different levels of Moral Development:

1. Obedience and Punishment
- No recess
2. Individualism and Change
- Fear of punishment and expectation of reward
3. Interpersonal Conformity
- Obedience to please those who are important
4. Established Social Order
- Recognize importance of established rules
5. Post-conventional morality
- Abiding by rules brings about greatest good
6. Universal principle of justice
- Recognize when rules violate ethical principals (MLK)
Term
Bud Churchward
Definition
System of discipline with 4 stages:
1. Reminder
2. Reprimand
- Give infraction
- student holds infraction
3. Collect Infraction Slip
4. Send to office
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