EDUC 2130 Final Exam
Questions & Answers
Educational Psychology - ANSWERSThe study of development, learning and motivation in and
out of schools
No Child Left Behind: AYP - ANSWERSAdequate Yearly Progress
Changes to No Child Left Behind - ANSWERSMarch 2010, was redrafted and is now called:
Blueprint for reform.
Theory - ANSWERSAn interrelated set of concepts that is used to explain a body of data and to
make predictions.
No Child Left Behind - ANSWERSStates that all schools will be judged to determine if their
students are making adequate yearly progress.
Development - ANSWERScertain changes that occur in human beings between conception and
death.
Physical Development - ANSWERSBody
Social Development - ANSWERSrelating to others
Cognitive Development - ANSWERSThinking
, Piaget Cognitive Development Theory - ANSWERSTendencies include: Organization &
Adaptation
Organization - ANSWERSCombining, Arranging, and Rearranging Behaviors
*Schemes
Adaptation - ANSWERSAdapting to the environment
*Assimilation-using existing schemes
*Accommodation-changes to existing schemes
Schemes - ANSWERSBuilding blocks of thinking; system of thought that allows us to mentally
represent or "think about objects in our world"
Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development - ANSWERSSensorimotor (Infancy)
Pre-Operational (2-4)
Concrete-Operational
Formal-Operational
Vygotsky Sociocultural Theory - ANSWERSMental structures and processes can be traced to our
interactions with others. These interactions create our cognitive structures and thinking
processes
Vygotsky role of language - ANSWERSPrivate Speech guides cognitive development and
promotes children's ability to problem solve.
Kohlberg's Theory of the Mind (moral development) - ANSWERSAn understanding that people
are people too, with their own minds, thoughts, feelings, beliefs, desires and perceptions
Questions & Answers
Educational Psychology - ANSWERSThe study of development, learning and motivation in and
out of schools
No Child Left Behind: AYP - ANSWERSAdequate Yearly Progress
Changes to No Child Left Behind - ANSWERSMarch 2010, was redrafted and is now called:
Blueprint for reform.
Theory - ANSWERSAn interrelated set of concepts that is used to explain a body of data and to
make predictions.
No Child Left Behind - ANSWERSStates that all schools will be judged to determine if their
students are making adequate yearly progress.
Development - ANSWERScertain changes that occur in human beings between conception and
death.
Physical Development - ANSWERSBody
Social Development - ANSWERSrelating to others
Cognitive Development - ANSWERSThinking
, Piaget Cognitive Development Theory - ANSWERSTendencies include: Organization &
Adaptation
Organization - ANSWERSCombining, Arranging, and Rearranging Behaviors
*Schemes
Adaptation - ANSWERSAdapting to the environment
*Assimilation-using existing schemes
*Accommodation-changes to existing schemes
Schemes - ANSWERSBuilding blocks of thinking; system of thought that allows us to mentally
represent or "think about objects in our world"
Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development - ANSWERSSensorimotor (Infancy)
Pre-Operational (2-4)
Concrete-Operational
Formal-Operational
Vygotsky Sociocultural Theory - ANSWERSMental structures and processes can be traced to our
interactions with others. These interactions create our cognitive structures and thinking
processes
Vygotsky role of language - ANSWERSPrivate Speech guides cognitive development and
promotes children's ability to problem solve.
Kohlberg's Theory of the Mind (moral development) - ANSWERSAn understanding that people
are people too, with their own minds, thoughts, feelings, beliefs, desires and perceptions
