Students as Learners

Question 1

True or False: Under constructivism teachers are facilitators of learning.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Cognitive processes are more than \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
A) Learning and environment
B) information and learning
C) Knowledge and skills 
D) environment and skills

Answer 2

C) Knowledge and skills

Question 3

Cognition includes the ability to ______.

Answer 3

Apply new information to other settings and draw conclusion.

Question 4

Who provided a formwork for all the current knowledge of cognitive processes?

Answer 4

Foundational theorists

Question 5

Jerome Bruner

Answer 5

Contributed the three modes of representation to the filed of cognitive development.

Question 6

What are Bruner’s three of modes representation?

Answer 6

Inactive stage- learning through action
Iconic stage- learning through mental pictures
Symbolic stage- learning through language

Question 7

Albert Bandura

Answer 7

Developed the social learning theory

Question 8

Bandura believed that learning is a combination of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 
A) education, balances, abilities
B) objectives, classroom, listening
C) assessment, practice, attention
D) cognition, behavior, and environment

Answer 8

D) Cognition, behavior, and environment

Question 9

John Dewey

Answer 9

viewed learning as a series of scientific inquiry and experimentation.

Question 10

True or False: Teachers who use John Dewey philosophies help students understand how learning objectives relate to the real-world.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Jean Piaget

Answer 11

• First to study cognition in children

* identified 4 stages of development

Question 12

What are Jean Piaget 4 stages of development

Answer 12

1) Sensorimotor
2) Preoperational
3) concrete
4) formal

Question 13

A child in Ms. Smith’s classroom is making an inference on the book that was read in class. According to Piaget which stage of development is this child?

Answer 13

Concrete operational

Question 14

Lev Vygotsky

Answer 14

known for zone of proximal development

Question 15

Lawrence Kohlberg

Answer 15

• worked to further develop Piagets ideas on m oral development
• Identified Moral development with 6 different stages.

Question 16

True or False: A teacher who is using moral development in the classroom would include student participation in creating a social contract that all students are expected to adhere to.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Benjamin Bloom

Answer 17

taxonomy of education objectives

the theory of mastery learning

Question 18

True or False: Bloom proposed increasing cooperation over competition and using assessments as learning tools.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Teachers that apply bloom’s research _______ and ______.
A) ask questions and promote higher-level thinking
B) Maintain relationships and principals
C) have moral principals and ask questions
D) Promote higher-level of thinking and cooperative learning

Answer 19

A) ask questions and promote higher-level thinking

Question 20

In order to get children in Ms. Alex's class to stop what they are doing she rings a bell. What type of conditioning is this?
A) Metacognition
B) Classical Conditioning 
C) Operant Conditioning
D) schema

Answer 20

B) Classical Conditioning

Question 21

What conditioning uses rewards & Punishments?

Answer 21

Operant conditioning

Question 22

Rewards & Consequences can be _________ & ___________.

Answer 22

intrinsic or extrinsic

Question 23

what is teaching students to think about their learning?

Answer 23

Metacognition

Question 24

True or False: Metacognitive questions may help students identify goals or stimulate background knowledge before a lesson.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

``` What uses existing frameworks for understanding? A) ZPD B) scaffolding C) schema D) transfer ```

Answer 25

C) schema

Question 26

What is considered when a person believes they are capable of achieving a learning goal?

Answer 26

Self-efficacy

Question 27

What is the space between what a child can do independently & the learning goal?

Answer 27

ZPD

Question 28

Breaking the curriculum into small pieces & providing support so that students can acquire mastery is called __________.

Answer 28

Scaffolding

Question 29

Reteaching a concept multiple times throughout the year with increasing the levels of rigor & depth is called ___________.

Answer 29

Spirling

Question 30

What does the cognitive domain deal with?

Answer 30

Intellectual development

Question 31

How many cognitive domains are there?

Answer 31

6

Question 32

They physical domain deals with?

Answer 32

Motor skill development

Question 33

In what physical domain is a child who is able to copy or trace letters with teacher support?

Answer 33

Mechanism phase

Question 34

what does the moral domain deal with?

Answer 34

acquisition of morals & values

Question 35

Inquiry-based learning is based on ___________.

Answer 35

Constructivism

Question 36

What does KWL charts do?

Answer 36

activate prior knowledge & guide students through learning goals.

Question 37

Who founded the Theory of multiple intelligences?

Answer 37

Gardner

Question 38

Prior to a lesson on amphibians, a fifth-grade science teacher uses a K-W-L chart to help her mold her lessons and help students connect initial concepts with previous schema, a research-proven important factor in learning. Once students are prepared, they take part in using an application that requires students to accurately dissect different species on the computer. Students earn points and rewards for each effective dissection they make. The game also incorporates various quizzes and activities to help students understand a basic knowledge of different amphibians' organ systems. The teacher's approach suggests which of the following? A) The teacher is using brain-based teaching methods and gamification to increase retention and motivation B) The teacher is using project-based learning methods and gamification to increase student time-on-task C) The teacher is using a blended learning approach with an emphasis on higher-order thinking skills D) The teacher is using a maker space activity within a learning center with an emphasis on developing application skills

Answer 38

A) The teacher is using brain-based teaching methods and gamification to increase retention and motivation

Question 39

What is the right to receive information from alternative perspectives that have not been censored? A) intellectual freedom B) freedom of the press C) freedom of expression D) freedom of information

Answer 39

A) Intellectual freedom

Question 40

Jen summarizes the results of the quiz she gave yesterday. The quiz is made up of 20 items. The students scores have an average of 15. Most of the students have a score of 17. When she arranges the scores from lowest to highest, she sees that May has a middle score of 14. Which of the following is not true about the students' scores? A) The mean is 15 B) The mean is 17 C) The mode is 17 D) The median is 14

Answer 40

B) The mean is 17.

Question 41

Which of the following is true about gender differences? A) Boys have better verbal ability than girls. B) Boys are better at sedentary activities than girls. C) Girls are better at visual-spatial exercises than boys. D) Girls are better at fine motor skills than boys.

Answer 41

D) Girls are better at fine motor skills than boys