Educational Concepts and Theories

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guided practice

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practicing a new concept with scaffolded support from the teacher

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operant conditioning

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provides rewards or punishment as a motivation for desired performance

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short-term memory

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information that enters the conscious memory but is not stored for recall at a later time

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verbal prompting

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using words or beginning phonemes to assist students

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inductive reasoning

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conclusions are drawn by putting together known concepts and applying them to a new situation

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conference

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a meeting between teacher and student in which learning is orally assessed and evaluated

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assertive discipline

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a classroom management technique in which the teacher takes clear control over the classroom and its dynamics

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mode

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the score that appears most frequently

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situated motivation

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a form of extrinsic motivation when a student is motivated, but only within the particular context of the situation

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attribution theory

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internal attribution is assumed when other people make mistakes or are victims, as individuals tend to see others as a predictable stereotype; when an individual makes a mistake, he or she tends to view the cause as external