Combination of all Modules

Question 1

At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes?

Answer 1

Primary School

Question 2

How does female growth differ than male growth during the adolescent stage?

Answer 2

Females usually complete physical growth before males.

Question 3

Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood physical development stage?

Answer 3

Prints name

Question 4

According to Piaget, what is an important accomplishment at the pre-operational stage?

Answer 4

Thinking Symbollically

Question 5

A student understands that a deflated balloon can be inflated with air. According to Piaget, at what cognitive level is this student demonstrating?

Answer 5

Concreate Operational

Question 6

According to Vygotsky, what should a teacher do to help a student move through the zone of proximal development?

Answer 6

Provide instructional scaffolding.

Question 7

Which behavior would Piaget classify as characteristic of the concrete operational cognitive development stage?

Answer 7

Explaining the commutative property in addition.

Question 8

According to Vygotsky’s theory, if a child watches parents brush their teeth, is a child experiencing learning from a “more knowledgeable other”?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

According to Kohlberg, what behavior is characteristic of the final stage of his moral development theory?

Answer 9

You justify a moral decision based on self-chosen principles even when conflict is with official rules and laws.

Question 10

Because of circumstances, an individual seeks medical advice to remove a parent from life support. According to Gilligan, which moral stage of development is represented by this scenario?

Answer 10

Postconventional

Question 11

What is identified with the babbling stage of the language development process?

Answer 11

Repeating vowels sounds

Question 12

Uttering single-words is characterized as what stage of language development?

Answer 12

Holophrastic

Question 13

A student can make a sentence with a subject, verb, and object. Which stage of language development is this student in?

Answer 13

Telegraphic

Question 14

A fourth-grade student frequently says sentences that do not make sense have trouble learning new words and often repeats phrases when telling a story or answering questions. The teacher notices the student confuses verb tenses and uses “um,” stuff,” and “things” when speaking rather than more specific words. Which type of barrier is likely affecting this student’s learning?

Answer 14

Language Disorder

Question 15

A fourth-grade student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is inattentive, disruptive, and has difficulty completing assignments. How can the teacher address this student’s learning needs?

Answer 15

Give several choices for completing an activity.

Question 16

A Student in high school is an English learner (EL) who is operating at the formal operations stage of development. What classroom activity would address this student’s learning needs?

Answer 16

Solving hypothothical problems.

Question 17

The language and cultural barrier of a middle school-aged English learner (EL) from a socialist country causes the student to struggle in a US history class. The student has difficulty with abstract social science concepts and terminology. What approach would address the learning needs of this student?

Answer 17

Provide concrete examples to clarify difficult vocabulary and ideas

Question 18

What is a key concept of the humanistic theory of learning?

Answer 18

People are innately good.

Question 19

What key concept is associated with the constructivism theory or learning?

Answer 19

Interactive experiences

Question 20

Which theoretical learning approach aligns to playing trivia games to review class material?

Answer 20

Information processing theory

Question 21

A teacher wants to understand students’ mastery of a concept and wants some subjectivity in grading. How should the teacher assess in this scenario?

Answer 21

Have students complete a constructed-response question.

Question 22

What is one reason a school would use a criterion-referenced reading assessment?

Answer 22

To assess whether students have mastered a particular national reading standard.

Question 23

A high school teacher promotes the development of self-efficacy in students based on social cognitive learning theory. One student, when assigned a history project, exhibits stress, becomes overwhelmed, and verbalizes that the task is too difficult. What strategy aligns with this scenario?

Answer 23

Modify the project to promote student successful completion.

Question 24

A teacher, who takes the humanistic approach to learn, personalizes learning environments for students, capitalizing on intrinsic motivation. What strategy aligns with this scenario?

Answer 24

Providing opportunities to explore the environment.

Question 25

Taking a constructivist approach, a history teacher encourages students to choose an activity that will facilitate an in-depth understanding of how the United States was founded. What instructional strategy would align with this scenario?

Answer 25

Role-Playing

Question 26

In a fifth-grade classroom, 75% of the students are from low socioeconomic backgrounds and are reading below grade level. At the end of the chapter about photosynthesis, the teacher decides to assess students on the concepts presented. Which summative assessment strategy would be appropriate in this scenario?

Answer 26

Providing alternative performance tasks for students to demonstrate knowledge.