Theorists
This person is best known for ZPD (zone of proximal development)
Who is Lev Vygotsky
According to Erikson, what stage are most elementary school children?
What is Industry vs. Inferiority
Piaget used this term to refer to the mental processes that organize knowledge.
Hint:
remember the "bird boxes" in the brain?
Schemas
This person established the first major educational psychology laboratory in the United States
Hints:
Dr. Kimmons visited his home in Burlington, VT)
He wrote Experience and Education
Who is John Dewey?
According to Erikson, at what stage are most adolescents?
Identify vs. Identity Confusion
This stage of development by Piaget occurs between 2-7 years of age when a child replaces intuitive thought with logically reasoning, but abstract problems are still difficult.
Concrete operational stage
This person argued that educational psychology should have a scientific base and should focus strongly on measurement.
Hint:
Assessment & Measurement
Who is E. L. Thorndike
If I'm uninvolved with my children, what type of parenting style am I most likely using?
What is neglectful parenting
A teacher uses this technique to adjust the amount of guidance to fit the student's current performance
What is scaffolding
This person emphasized the importance of observing teaching and learning in classrooms.
Hint:
You should start a lesson just beyond a child's level of understanding.
William James
What is authoritarian parenting style
This stage of development (Piaget) requires students to think abstractly.
What is formal operational stage
The theorist of the Ecological Model of Development
Hint:
His conceptual framework uses concentric circles to represent the ecology of a child. (micro- exo- meso-macro- chrono- systems)
Who is Urie Bronfenbrenner
If you are currently in Erik Erikson's Identity vs. identity confusion, what stage will you enter next?
What is intimacy vs. isolation
A child adjust his schemas to fit in new information and experiences
What is accommodation?