EDPSY 014 Ch.1: Understanding Learning and Teaching

Accountability

The process of requiring students to demonstrate that they’ve met specified standards and holding teachers responsible for students’ performance.

Action Research

A research method designed ti address specific school- or classroom-related questions using either quantitative or qualitative approaches.

Artificial Intelligence

The ability of computers to perform tasks commonly associated with mental processes characteristics of humans, such as summarizing information from a variety of sources, reasoning, and learning from past experience.

ChatGPT

A generative artificial intelligence chatbot that assists with lesson planning, generating ideas, and simplifying writing for students.

Classroom Assessment

The process of gathering information to guide teaching and evaluate student learning.

Classroom Mangement

The strategies and practices teachers use to create and maintain an affective learning environment.

Cognition

The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Content Knowledge

A teacher’s understanding of the subject matter they teach.

Design-Based Research

A collaboration approach that engages researchers and practitioners in analyzing, designing, and evaluating educational innovations to solve real-world problems.

Educational Psychology

The study of how students learn and how teachers can enhance learning through effective instruction.

Expert Teaching

The practice of highly knowledgeable and skilled educators using effective instructional methods to improve student learning.

General Pedagogical Knowledge

Understanding of instructional and classroom management strategies applicable across subjects.

Knowledge of Learners and Learning

A teachers’s awareness of how students learn and how to adapt instruction accordingly.

Interactive Whiteboard

A digital board that allows teachers to display and manipulate information electronically.

Learning Styles

The concept that students have different preferences for acquiring and processing information.

Meangingfulness

The extent to which learning is connected to prior knowledge and experiences, making it easier to understand and retain.

Mixed Methods Research

A research design that integrates both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Motivation

The internal drive that influences students’ engagement and persistence in learning activities.

Pedagogical Content Knowledge

The ability to combine subject-matter expertise with effective teaching strategies.

Principles

Fundamental truths or propositions that serve as the foundation for teaching and learning practices.

Professional Knowledge

The collective expertise that teachers develop through education and experience.

Qualitative Research

Research that examines educational phenomena through descriptive, non-numerical data.

Quantitative Research

Research that relies on numerical data and statistical analysis.

Reflective Practice

The process of analyzing one’s teaching methods and making improvements based on experience and research.

Research

The systematic process of investigating educational phenomena to improve teaching and learning.

Simulations

Instructional techniques that replicate real-world scenarios to enhance learning.

Standards

Statements that describe what students should know and be able to do at different educational levels.

Theory

A set of related patterns used to explain and predict events in education.

Worked Examples

Step-by-step demonstrations used to help students understand complex concepts.