ANSWERS 2025.
3 elements that define class Answer - development, learning, motivation
What does good teaching involve? Answer - cognitive and effective
perspectives on teaching
What are 2 factors that contribute to labeling? Answer - GPA, Standardized
Test Scores
Define overachiever Answer - high GPA, low standardized test scores; means
you've exceeded a low expectation
Define underachiever Answer - low GPA, high standardized test scores; lack of
motivation
self-fulfilling prophecy Answer - thoughts that others have about you that
infuelnce expectations of yourself
what is the more appropriate term for mental retardation? Answer -
intellectual disability
Teaching defined as an art Answer - cals for vision, intuition, talent,
commitment, and creativity, being REFLECTIVE
,Teching defined as a SCIENCE Answer - requires knowledge and skill that can
be learned, techniques and procedures can be systematically designed and
studied
6 Levels of Blooms Taxonomy Answer - Classification of Learning:
1. Knowledge
2. Understanding
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation making
Knowledge Answer - memorization of factual info (teaching your content area)
Understanding Answer - comprehension of info using novelty (new), asking for
a demonstration (in their own words), quizzes used to test group
understanding
Application Answer - most important, encompasses the last three, defined as
problem solving which allows learning to be generalized
Analysis Answer - the breaking down of information, how the sum of the parts
go towards the whole, aka completion
Synthesis Answer - putting together of information; taking old and new info
and putting it together and making it new ex. science fair project
Evaluation making Answer - a value judgement concerning information; NOT
an opinion
, Define principle Answer - established relationship between two factors, same
conclusions are reached consistently
Define laws Answer - principles that have stood the test of time
Define theory Answer - integrated statement of principles that attempt to
explain and make predictions
expository teaching Answer - teachers explaining the information
What should your educational philosophy be based off of? Answer - bloom's
taxonomy
What 2 things happen at each level of Bloom's taxonomy? Answer - addresses
how the teacher teaches and student learns
generalized learning Answer - occurs in stage 3 of bloom's taxonomy when you
take what you've learned in one instance and apply it to another
What makes a good teacher? Answer - knowing subject matter and mastered
pedagogical skills, use principles of educational psychology in decision making
and teaching
What is the role of research in educational psychology? Answer - focuses on
processes by which info, skills, values, and attitudes are communicated
between teachers and students in the classroom and on applications of the
principles of psychology