Learning to be a Better Stupident

Question 1

The relatively permanent change in behavior brought about because of experience or practice.

Answer 1

Learning

Question 2

A process that leads to change, which occurs as a result of experience and increases the potential for improved performance and future learning” (Ambrose et al, 2010, p.3).

Answer 2

Learning

Question 3

__________ is the ability of the brain to adapt to changes in an individual’s environment by forming new neural connections over time.

Answer 3

Neuroplasticity

Question 4

Neuroplasticity is sometimes referred to as __________.

Answer 4

Brain plasticity

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE:

Aspects of our brains are “plastic,” meaning they are adaptive and can be altered in response to environmental and/or structural changes.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE:
Younger people change easily; their brains are very plastic. As we age change doesn’t come as easily; the brain loses some of its plasticity and we become more fixed in how we think, learn, and perceive.

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

A three-pound organ that controls all functions of the body, interprets information from the outside world.

Answer 7

Brain

Question 8

It is most important in learning since this is where higher-ordered functions like memory and reasoning occur.

Answer 8

Cerebrum

Question 9

The most highly developed part of the human brain and is responsible for thinking, perceiving, producing, and understanding language.

Answer 9

Cerebrum

Question 10

Most information processing occurs in the __________.

Answer 10

Cerebral cortex

Question 11

The large, outer part of the brain, controls reading, thinking, learning, speech, emotions, and planned muscle movements like walking. It also controls vision, hearing and other senses.

Answer 11

Cerebral cortex

Question 12

The cerebral cortex is divided into four lobes that each have a specific function. These lobes include:

Answer 12

Frontal lobes
Parietal lobes
Temporal lobes
Occipital lobes

Question 13

The ___________ is a
complex brain structure embedded deep into temporal lobe. It has a major role in learning and memory.

Answer 13

Hippocampus

Question 14

The ___________ helps to store memories of events and emotions so that an individual may be able to recognize similar events in the future.

Answer 14

Amygdala

Question 15

4 Factors that Affect the Learning Process:

Answer 15

Motivation
Intellectual Ability
Attention Span
Prior Knowledge

Question 16

Abraham Maslow’s four (4) stages of learning are:

Answer 16

Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Competence

Question 17

In this stage, the learner does not have a skill or knowledge set yet. They do not see any reason to learn it because they do not consider it a need.

Answer 17

Unconscious Incompetence

Question 18

The learner is aware of the skill that they lack and can understand that there is a deficit. The learner wants to learn because they are aware of their lack of knowledge and it makes them uneasy.

Answer 18

Conscious Incompetence

Question 19

This stage takes place when a learner has acquired a skill but has not yet mastered it to the point where it comes naturally.

Answer 19

Conscious Competence

Question 20

The stage that encompasses just that: you know it so well you do not even realize you are doing it. The skill is so embedded that the learner does not even need to process what they are doing.

Answer 20

Unconscious Competence

Question 21

__________ is the ability to examine how you process thoughts and feelings.

Answer 21

Metacognition

Question 22

Metacognition was introduced as a concept in by_____________, who is typically seen as a founding scholar of the field.

Answer 22

John Flavell (1979)

Question 23

It includes knowledge of one’s own cognitive abilities, knowledge of cognitive tasks, and knowledge of the strategies to complete the cognitive tasks.

Answer 23

Metacognitive knowledge

Question 24

It refers to how an individual monitors and controls his or her cognitive processes.

Answer 24

Metacognitive regulation

Question 25

_____________ describes a process in which individuals take the initiative, with or without the help of others, in diagnosing their learning needs, formulating learning goals, identifying human and material resources for learning, choosing and implementing appropriate learning.

Answer 25

Self-directed learning

Question 26

__________ suggest that “to become self-directed learners, students must learn to assess the demands of the task, evaluate their own knowledge and skills, plan their approach, monitor their progress, and adjust their strategies as needed” (p. 191), and decades of research has identified these behaviors as predictors of academic success at all grade levels (e.g., Pintrich & DeGroot, 1990; Young & Fry, 2012).

Answer 26

Ambrose, Bridges, DiPietro, Lovett, and Norman (2010)

Question 27

The basic building blocks of the nervous system that transmits impulses or messages.

Answer 27

Neurons

Question 28

True or False:
The impulses that travel along neurons are electrochemical in nature (neurotransmitters).

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Chemical messengers that our
body can’t function without.

Answer 29

Neurotransmitters

Question 30

True or False:
Although the brain continues to grow and develop throughout one’s life the overall number of neurons and synapses declines with age.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Knowledge about one’s self as a learner and what can influence one’s performance.

Answer 31

Declarative Knowledge

Question 32

Knowledge about how to do things.

Answer 32

Procedural Knowledge

Question 33

Knowledge about when and in what conditions certain knowledge is useful.

Answer 33

Conditional Knowledge