EDPE 300 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Grapheme, Cognitive Development, Prosocial Behavior

• School: McGill University
• Department: Educational & Counselling Psych
• Course: EDPE 300
• Professor: Scott Conrod

Document Summary

Reconstruction error: constructing a logical but incorrect memory by using information retrieved from long-term memory + one"s general knowledge and beliefs about the world. Individual constructivism: a theoretical perspective that focuses on how people, as individuals, construct meaning from the events around them. Social constructivism: a theoretical perspective that emphasizes that an individual"s meaning-making or learning in general is mediated by adults or more knowledgeable peers, even though it is ultimately constructed by the individual learner. Inquiry-based instruction: teaching based on social-constructivist principles, in which students learn tasks as well as answer questions, and especially characterized by learning based on student interest and role exchanges between teachers and learners. Schema: an organized body of knowledge about a specific topic: gives us an idea of how things typically are and influence how we interpret new situations. Script: a schema that involves a predictable sequence of events related to a common activity.