AAER-Word of the Day

Assigning different degrees of importance to different performance indicators that are then combined into a grade.

Conflicts that arise as a result of learner-teacher or learner-learner disagreement about what should be accomplished in the classroom.

Knowledge useful for learning across a variety of school tasks.

Tests that assume that a single, general trait or aptitude underlies

differences in school achievement among learners.

The fourth and final of Piaget’s developmental stages, characterized by abstract thinking, logical reasoning, and other forms of higher-order conceptualization.

A cognitive style that influences learners to perceive complex stimuli in terms of the discrete, individual elements that constitute it.

The removal of external learning supports and the simultaneous provision of independent practice to promote transfer. 

An essay question that allows the student to determine the length and complexity of a response; it is a good means of assessing communication ability as well as achievement. 

Research in which the independent variable is changed so that its effects on the dependent variable can be seen. 

Often referred to as a “self-fulfilling prophecy,” the correlation between high teacher expectations and high learner achievement and low teacher expectations and low learner achievement. 

The result of accommodation; the restoration of cognitive balance by altering cognitive structures to take into account new data. 

A view of parent participation that involves giving parents both the power and the knowledge to deal successfully with the school system.

A characteristic of an instructional stimulus that draws on the emotional response of learners to focus learner attention.

A discipline that focuses on theoretical and empirical instructional

knowledge.

Systems and subsystems coexisting in dynamic, mutually dependent relationships.

A theory of motivation that is based on the assumption that all activity is directed toward reducing the tension triggered by needs and drives.