AAER-Word of the Day

Cognitive structures of integrated units that organize large amounts of information.

Positive cognitive structure influencing vertical relationships.

General statements defining acceptable and unacceptable behaviors.

A procedure organized around a particular time, concept, or place that helps guide learners through the day.

Assessment methods that limit the range of possible answers, such as true-false or multiple-choice tests, and are usually intended to test knowledge, comprehension, and application behaviors.

The answer choices portion of a multiple-choice question.

In operant conditioning, actions taken following a response that increase the likelihood that the response will occur again. Reinforcement can be both positive and negative.

Leadership earned because of a perception of an individual’s trustworthiness, fairness, and concern for members of the group.

Teaching that provides alternative representations or elaborations of the content to be learned through the vehicle of group discussion

A process to help ensure experimental generalizability by giving large numbers of individuals an equal opportunity to be included in a study in either the experimental or the control group.

The process by which test developers examine each test question to determine whether they are of appropriate difficulty and whether each item reflects the overall trait or ability that the test is presumed to measure.

The process by which test developers check questions, tasks, and directions for clarity, style, bias, and conciseness.

A stimulus received following a response that decreases the likelihood that the response will happen again.

Intentional, voluntary behaviors intended to help others.

Supplementary or additional aids that teachers use to increase the likelihood that

learners will engage in successful practice.