Suppose you have taught your students about adjectives, and now you want to teach the students comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. (A dog is a larger animal than a cat. comparative form Of a mouse, cat, and dog, the dog is the largest. superlative form). You want to use the human memory model as a basis for your teaching. (1) Describe specifically use a specific example what you would do first in the lesson. (2) Describe specifically what you would do second in the lesson. Again, use a specific example or question. (3) Describe at least one strategy you could use to promote meaningful encoding in the lesson.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2A health club advertises its telephone number as 2HEALTH rather than 243-2584 . Provide two reasons explaining why the health club would advertise the number in this way using the human memory model as a basis for your explanation.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3Which of the following strategies for promoting meaningful encoding is Jack most capitalizing on when he uses mnemonics to help him remember important terms?
a. Organization
b. Imagery
c. Elaboration
d. Schema activation
Ques. 4You have a class of 28 students who come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and whose experiences vary widely. You want to begin teaching the students about the American Revolutionary War. Using the human memory model and your understanding of instructional adaptations for background diversity as a basis for your teaching, which of the following is the best way to begin the lesson?
a. Write the term Revolution in large letters on the board, and tell the students that the Revolutionary War was one of the most significant events in American history and that it is very important that they all understand it.
b. Write the term Revolution in large letters on the board, tell the students that they are going to begin studying the Revolutionary War, and then tell them that the war resulted in American independence from Great Britain.
c. Write the word Revolution in large letters on the board, and tell the students that many countries had revolutions, such as America, France, and many others.
d. Write the word Revolution in large letters on the board, and ask the students to tell you what the word means to them.
Ques. 5Of the following, which best explains why first solving problems before looking at the answers in the back of the book is important?
a. First solving the problems and then looking at the answers helps Jack retain information in sensory memory.
b. First solving problems and then looking at the answers helps Jack rehearse the information.
c. First solving problems and then looking at the answers puts Jack in a cognitively active role.
d. First solving problems and then looking at the answers helps prevent retroactive interference.
Ques. 6Having the students gather and put the information in the chart is an effective teaching strategy. Of the following, which statement best explains why having the students gather the information will be effective?
a. When the students are gathering the information, they're in cognitively active roles.
b. The process of gathering the information is an example of elaborative rehearsal.
c. When the students are gathering the information, it is retained in their sensory memories.
d. When the students are gathering the information, they are creating mnemonic devices to help them remember it.
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