D186 Knowt Flashcard Set: Increasing Understanding, Motivation, Culturally Responsive Environments, and SEL

Vocabulary flashcards defining key learning science concepts, motivational theories, culturally responsive teaching strategies, and social-emotional learning skills from the D186 course.

Learning Science

The study of how people learn and how teachers can use research to improve instruction.

Cognitive Overload

When students receive too much information at one time.

Retrieval Practice

Pulling information from memory instead of only rereading it.

Spaced Practice

Spreading learning and practice out over time.

Interleaving

Mixing different skills, topics, or problem types during practice.

Summarizing

A learning strategy where students identify important information and explain it in their own words.

Drawing

A learning strategy that allows students to show understanding with pictures, diagrams, or charts.

Dual Coding

Using words and visuals together to support understanding.

Modeling

When a teacher demonstrates how to complete a task or think through a problem.

Think-Aloud

When the teacher explains their thinking step by step while modeling.

Peer Teaching

When students organize their thoughts and explain ideas clearly to someone else.

Growth Mindset

The belief that abilities can improve through effort, practice, feedback, and persistence.

Self-Efficacy

The belief that you can succeed at a specific task.

Intrinsic Motivation

Motivation that comes from inside the student, driven by interest, curiosity, meaning, choice, and personal involvement.

Extrinsic Motivation

Motivation that comes from outside rewards or consequences, such as grades, prizes, rewards, and consequences.

Student Agency

Having meaningful ownership and involvement in learning.

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Teaching that connects learning with students' experiences while maintaining high expectations.

Unconscious Bias

Hidden assumptions that can affect how students are treated in areas such as discipline, grading, participation, grouping, and interpretation of behavior.

SEL

Social-emotional learning, which helps students understand themselves, manage emotions, build relationships, and make responsible decisions.

Self-Awareness

Recognizing your own emotions, strengths, and challenges.

Self-Management

Controlling emotions, behavior, impulses, and stress.

Social Awareness

Understanding other people's feelings and perspectives.

Relationship Skills

Skills used to communicate, cooperate, listen, and solve conflicts with others.

Responsible Decision-Making

Thinking through choices, consequences, safety, ethics, and how decisions affect others.