NYSTCE: Educating All Students (EAS) Exam ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Behaviorism people's actions are driven by a need to gain rewards or avoid punishments.
Reinforcement meant to increase a good behavior; a reward
Punishment meant to decrease bad behavior
Positive reinforcement involves giving someone something that he or she wants
Negative reinforcement taking away something that someone does not want
Positive punishment involves giving someone something that he or she does not want
Negative punishment involves taking away something that someone does want
Extinction decreases the chances of a response to something by withdrawing reinforcement
of the behavior; like a reset button
Constructivism a philosophy of education that says that people construct knowledge through
their experiences and interactions with the world
Social learning learning through interactions with other people
Vyogtsky's Zone of Proximal Development people learn best from other people who are just a little ahead of them
Project-based learning (PBL) focuses on giving an open-ended question and complex problem to a group of
students and having them figure out the best solution to the problem
4 Steps to PBL 1. Learners are presented with a problem; 2. group develop theories to explain the
problem; 3. Learners work independently to come up with solutions; 4. Regroup
to compare solutions and develop a plan.
Critical Theory a philosophy that involves being critical of the prevailing view of society
Critical theory in education is about questioning how our educational system can best offer education to all
people
Problems with access to technology poorer schools can have a harder time getting technology in the hands of their
students; poor students have lower technological fluency than middle- and
upper-class students.
, Humanism a branch of psychology related to the theories Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers,
has at its core the idea that people want to grow and fulfill their ultimate potential.
Self-Directed Learning involves students learning what they want and need to learn, not what the teacher
arbitrarily decides is important.
Extrinsic motivators things outside of a person that motivate them to do something.
Self-evaluation thoughtful assessment of one's own work
lifelong learners people who continue to learn even after they leave school
Learning involves storing and accessing information in memory
information processing theory of learning information from the world around us moves from sensory storage to working
memory to long-term memory
working memory storage of memories that occurred only a few seconds in the past
long-term memory memories that are stored for a person to access later
cognitive load having too much information in working memory and not being able to remember
anything
chunking grouping information together to help remember it
Automaticity process of making a task automatic
Pragmatism an educational philosophy that says that education should be about life and
growth; teachers should be teaching students things that are practical for life and
encourage them to grow into better people
practical learning education should apply to the real world
experiential learning education should come through experience
Progressivism the idea that education does from the experience of the child
whole child teaching students to be good citizens and not just good learners
active learning curriculum that is guided by the children
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Behaviorism people's actions are driven by a need to gain rewards or avoid punishments.
Reinforcement meant to increase a good behavior; a reward
Punishment meant to decrease bad behavior
Positive reinforcement involves giving someone something that he or she wants
Negative reinforcement taking away something that someone does not want
Positive punishment involves giving someone something that he or she does not want
Negative punishment involves taking away something that someone does want
Extinction decreases the chances of a response to something by withdrawing reinforcement
of the behavior; like a reset button
Constructivism a philosophy of education that says that people construct knowledge through
their experiences and interactions with the world
Social learning learning through interactions with other people
Vyogtsky's Zone of Proximal Development people learn best from other people who are just a little ahead of them
Project-based learning (PBL) focuses on giving an open-ended question and complex problem to a group of
students and having them figure out the best solution to the problem
4 Steps to PBL 1. Learners are presented with a problem; 2. group develop theories to explain the
problem; 3. Learners work independently to come up with solutions; 4. Regroup
to compare solutions and develop a plan.
Critical Theory a philosophy that involves being critical of the prevailing view of society
Critical theory in education is about questioning how our educational system can best offer education to all
people
Problems with access to technology poorer schools can have a harder time getting technology in the hands of their
students; poor students have lower technological fluency than middle- and
upper-class students.
, Humanism a branch of psychology related to the theories Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers,
has at its core the idea that people want to grow and fulfill their ultimate potential.
Self-Directed Learning involves students learning what they want and need to learn, not what the teacher
arbitrarily decides is important.
Extrinsic motivators things outside of a person that motivate them to do something.
Self-evaluation thoughtful assessment of one's own work
lifelong learners people who continue to learn even after they leave school
Learning involves storing and accessing information in memory
information processing theory of learning information from the world around us moves from sensory storage to working
memory to long-term memory
working memory storage of memories that occurred only a few seconds in the past
long-term memory memories that are stored for a person to access later
cognitive load having too much information in working memory and not being able to remember
anything
chunking grouping information together to help remember it
Automaticity process of making a task automatic
Pragmatism an educational philosophy that says that education should be about life and
growth; teachers should be teaching students things that are practical for life and
encourage them to grow into better people
practical learning education should apply to the real world
experiential learning education should come through experience
Progressivism the idea that education does from the experience of the child
whole child teaching students to be good citizens and not just good learners
active learning curriculum that is guided by the children
