Liberty University EDUC 500 QUIZ 5
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Which of the following teaching strategies would a constructivist be most likely to advocate?
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An important goal of teaching critical thinking to students is to create:
Response Perhaps most important, the goal of teaching critical thinking is to create a critical
Feedback: spirit, which encourages students to question what they hear and to examine their own thinking for logical inconsistencies or fallacies.
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Which of the following statements best characterizes scaffolding?
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What role should the teacher play in the classroom when using a constructivist approach? Selected Answer: Facilitator
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The question "What is the difference between where I am now and where I want to be?" is a critical step in:
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Who is the primary cultural agent guiding instruction in assisted (or mediated) learning?
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Vygotsky's constructivist theories are characterized by four key concepts for classroom instruction: zone of proximal development; cognitive apprenticeship; scaffolding or mediated learning; and:
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What component of STAD is designed to give each team member an equal opportunity to contribute to the team points?
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Which of the following type of objectives is most appropriate for cooperative learning methods such as STAD?
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Ms. Fannin is using a reciprocal teaching approach in reading. She assigns and passage for them to read. What is the next step?
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In general, people who do well on tests of creative problem solving:
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Which one of the following statements applies to discovery learning?
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In the Learning Together a model of cooperative learning, students work in:
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Constructivist theories of learning are based on the idea that learners:
Response A hallmark of constructivist theories of learning is the idea that learners
Feedback: individually discover and construct understanding of complex information
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Selected Answer:
One of the most commonly used forms of discovery learning is guided discovery learning.
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In the general problem-solving strategy IDEAL, what does the A stand for?
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Mr. Wright uses a constructive writing process in his class. In Mr. Wright's class students work:
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Mr. Overby is initiating reciprocal teaching with a group of six students of high, average, and low ability. Who should be the teacher for the first segment of learning?
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Reciprocal teaching is a small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling, teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension.
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In cooperative scripting, the greatest gains in student performance often occur when:
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Cooperative learning methods fall into which of these two broad categories?
Selected Answer: Study method and active learning
Response Feedback: Cooperative learning methods are used both for study and active learning.
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Students from cooperative learning schools achieved significantly more than students from traditional schools.
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Constructivist approaches to teaching typically make extensive use of cooperative learning. Why is this?
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In comparing cooperative learning to traditional teaching methods, most research consistently favors cooperative learning, provided that two essential conditions are met. According to our text, there should be some group recognition and there must also be:
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Which of the following is a motivational factor that enhances students' creative problem solving by affecting their feelings?
Selected Answer: Appropriate climate
Response Feedback: Creative problem solving is enhanced by a relaxed, even playful environment.
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During the incubation period of problem solving teachers must avoid:
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During the incubation period teachers should value:
Selected Answer: ingenuity and careful thought.
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One important principle of creative problem solving is to:
Selected Answer: avoid rushing to a solution. [Show Less]