This principle states that individuals will walk before they can run, talk before they can read, and master sentences before they can write essays.
What is orderly and logical progression?
100
When children get older, their brains grow and so does their ______________.
What is their capacity to learn?
100
Despite the fact that educators emphasize academic progress and accomplishments, our most powerful memories of school typically revolve around our _______ and _________ experiences.
What are social and emotional.
100
The best predictor of continued academic success in adolescence and adulthood is there early mastery of ________.
What is essential numeracy and literacy skills?
200
This principle states that most areas of development require close to normal time frames and do not happen overnight. Instead they are marked by periods of rapid and slow growth.
What is progressive development?
200
It takes this many years for the prefrontal cortex to become fully functional.
What is 20 years.
200
Psychologists consider this to be humankind's highest priority.
What is psychological well-being?
200
The major change in adolescents' thinking is the capacity to engage in_____________.
What is executive cognitive functioning?
300
This principle states that there are different ways to think about the very same things.
What are quantitative and qualitative changes?
300
Educators must understand that in adolescence individuals think and behave differently because of this.
What is hormones.
300
Self worth, self determination, and relatedness.
What are the three fundamental needs of psychological well-being?
300
A critical but often overlooked feature of the learning process is that humans beings are born with an innately powerful ___________ about the world around them.
What is curiosity?
400
This principle states that not all children achieve the same developmental milestones at the same time, despite being the same age.
What is development at different rates?
400
This part of the brain is responsible for decision making and goal setting, controlling attention, information processing and managing risk taking.
What is the prefrontal cortex.
400
It is important for teachers to understand how individuals exercise and control their competence-related beliefs. This is known as_________.
What is self-efficacy?
400
According to Piaget there are two basic learning instincts. These are ________________ and __________________.
What is the desire to organize our behaviours (schemes and schemas) and adaptation.
500
Development results from the combination of these influences.
What is nature and nurture?
500
Attentional control, cognitive flexibility, goal setting and information processing are known as_____________.
What are Anderson's four executive functions.
500
Various behavioural tendencies that account for the type, quality, and intensity of emotional actions and reactions that are displayed.
What is temperament?
500
The brain accommodates the new information by modifying existing schemes or creating entirely new schemes.