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Child Psychology 1/c/e
Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition
E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Schools, Technology, and Television

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achievement motivation  A person's tendency to strive for successful performance, to evaluate her performance against standards of excellence, and to feel pleasure at having performed successfully.
computer-assisted instruction  A form of instruction embodied in computer software programs that typically pose questions or problems, give the student a chance to respond, and then tell her if she is correct.
cooperative learning  A teaching technique in which small groups of students work together to master material to be learned.
inclusion  A policy by which children of all ability levels, whether learning disabled, physically handicapped, or mentally retarded, are included in the same classroom.
magic window thinking  The tendency of very young children to believe that TV images are as real as the people and things about them.
open classroom  A relatively unstructured classroom organization, in which different areas of the room are devoted to particular activities and children work simultaneously, either alone or in small groups, at these activities under the teacher's supervision.
peer collaboration  A kind of cooperative learning, in which two students work together to master a task that neither has mastered before.
peer tutoring  A method of instruction in which an older, more experienced student tutors a younger, less experienced child.
Pygmalion effect  The tendency of a teacher's expectation about a child's academic performance to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
traditional classroom  A structured classroom arrangement, in which the teacher presents one subject at a time to the entire student body, who sit in rows, facing the teacher.




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