PPR Exam Study Guide

Suggested that students cognitive entry skills and intelligence (IQ) account for about 50% of what students achieve academically; 25% can be attributed to the quality of instructions students receive;25% can ba attributed to affective characteristics of the students.

Learner's personality, self-concept, locus control, attitudes, level of anxiety and study habits

Cognitive and affective factors that influence student performance

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Physically, mentally or cognitively, emotionally, and socially. (dynamic and interactive view of human development)

Must be sensitive to and knowledgable fo both personal characteristics of students and characteristics of their environment

Proper nutrition, adequate rest, and physical activity, the undue influence of drug abuse on student's academic performance and social interactions

Always thinking they are being the target, or feel that they never fit in..p.24

Refers to the belief that no one understands what they feel or what they are going through...

The processes whereby knowledge is acquired; the term can be used to cober very basic perceptual processess--such as smell, touch, sound, and so forth---to very advanced operations, such as analysis, synthesis, and critical thinking.

(?-1980)predominant figure in the field of cognitive psychology

Equilibrium

Adjusting prior knowledge gained through former experiences and interactions

Fitting together the new information with what has been previously known or understood

Theories that share the common tenet that certain characteristics will occur in predictable sequences and at certain times in the life if the individual