Lesson 2: Constructivism

Question 1

The process of absorbing and storing new information in memory

Answer 1

Knowledge Aquisition

Question 2

is a method of representing knowledge as a system of connections between concepts in memory

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Semantic Network

Question 3

refers to our biological memory reflecting not only what happened, but also when and where it happened.

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Episodic Knowledge

Question 4

refers to
generalizations, concepts, facts, and their associations.

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Semantic Knowledge

Question 5

refers to one’s memory for concepts, facts or episodes.

Answer 5

Declarative Knowledge

Question 6

refers to the ability to perform various tasks.

Answer 6

Procedural Knowledge

Question 7

is knowledge that is basic to specific disciplines.

Answer 7

Factual Knowledge

Question 8

knowledge of
classifications, principles, generalizations, theories, models, or structures pertinent to a particular discipline.

Answer 8

Conceptual Knowledge

Question 9

is the awareness of ones own cognition and particular cognitive processes.

Answer 9

Metacognitive knowledge

Question 10

Guidelines for Knowledge
Acquisition

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Guidelines for Knowledge
Acquisition
Process the material semantically
Process and retrieve information frequently
Learning and retrieval conditions should be similar
Connect new information to prior knowledge
Create cognitive procedures

Question 11

are strategies considered as memory aids that provide a systematic approach for organizing and remembering facts that have no apparent link of connection of their own.

Answer 11

Mnemonics

Question 12

is a way of teaching and learning that intends to maximize student understanding.

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Constructivism

Question 13

Characteristics of Constructivism

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1. Active learning is preferable to passive learning.
2. Learning takes place best in communities of learners.
3. Learners should engage in “authentic and situated activities”
4. Learners should relate information to what they already have
5. Learners should reflect or think about what is being learned.
6. Teachers must provide learners with scaffolding needed for them to progress.

Question 14

Stresses individuals search for meaning as they interact with the environment and test and modify existing schemas

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Cognitive Constructivism

Question 15

Argue that knowledge is active constructed by learners.
The role of the teacher is to facilitat discovery by providing the necessary resource and by guiding the learners as they attempt t assimilate new knowledge to old and to modif the old knowledge to accommodate the new.

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Cognitive Constructivism

Question 16

Suggest that knowledge is first constructed in a social context and is then appropriated by individuals (Bruning et al., 1999)

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Social Constructivism

Question 17

the distance between a child’s actual development level as determined by problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers.

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Zone Proximal Development

Question 18

The process of engagement with the adult enabled them to refine their thinking or their performance to make them more effective.

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Zone Proximal Development

Question 19

Constructivist Classroom

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1. Constructed
2. Active
3. Reflective
4. Collaborative

Question 20

Constructivist Teaching and
Learning Principles

Answer 20

1. Learners have their ideas.
2. Learners need first hand experiences.
3. Learners like their ideas.
4. Learners see what they want to see.
5. Learners often are not aware of what they
   know.
6. Students need to know how to learn.
7. Learner’s may not discover experts’ conclusions.

Question 21

The teacher guides the student to the goal.

Answer 21

Guided Discovery

Question 22

This is a strategy in which learners gather facts and observations and use them to investigate real world problem

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Inquiry

Question 23

It is designed to stimulate thinking and develop interpersonal skills.

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Discussion

Question 24

Cooperative learning

Answer 24

Cooperate