AAER-Word of the Day

A view that conceptualizes the teacher’s growth and development as a process of passing through concerns for self (teacher) to task (teaching) to impact (pupil). 

Cognitive strategies that help learners derive meaning from what they read.

The use of assertive commands or statements by an instructor to focus learner attention.

General methods of thinking that improve learning across a variety of subject areas.

An aspect of instruction by which the teacher helps learners master particular skills through the skillful use of practice and prompts.

An approach emphasizing the organization and management of instructional activities in order to prevent misbehavior.

The questioning by a member of a group about how that individual will personally benefit from the group; a preoccupation with fairness.

The process by which the mind simplifies information that enters short-term memory.

A school of thought in psychology whose cardinal tenet is that any conclusion made about human development must be based on scientific observations of overt behavior and the observable events that strengthen and elicit it.

Patterns of action or sequences of behavior that the child uses to explore and respond to objects in her environment.

Problems encountered in the real world for which the expected solution is uncertain and the task then yields multiple solutions, each with advantages and disadvantages

A perspective on motivation that assumes that people seek to understand why they succeed or fail.

Difficulty staying with or completing an activity over a period of time;

becoming easily bored and uninterested in activities relative to others.

An approach to classroom management that applies behavioristic

principles to modify behavior in socially important areas.

Stimuli present in an environment that make a behavior more likely to occur.