Educational Concepts and Theories

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Self-Esteem

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belief in one's self and one's abilities

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Conservation

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understanding that things can stay the same in quantity even if their appearance changes; Knowing that the amount of liquid does not change when poured from one container to another of a different size

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Transfer

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the process of student learning when students are able to use the knowledge or skill in new situation

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Metacognition

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the awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, enabling students to monitor, control, and reflect on their learning strategies and problem-solving techniques to enhance their cognitive abilities

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Behaviorism

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learning theory rooted in the notion that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment

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Cognitive Development

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development of the ability to reason, think through problems, and explore new situations and stimuli; develops in 4 stages from birth to roughly 15 years old, according to Jean Piaget's theory of child development

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Third-Party Perspective

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seeing from one's own, others, and a third person's perspective (neutral bystander, hence sometimes called the bystander perspective); generally keeps multiple perspectives in mind at the same time

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Analyze (Bloom's Taxonomy)

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Level 4. Connect different ideas; Differentiate, compare, contrast

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Graphic Organizer

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a visual display of the relationships between facts and ideas

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Undifferentiated Perspective

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attributing one's own perspective to everyone else's; generally having an inability to attribute any other perspective to anyone else