To what extent should Ms. Bowman have discussed the concepts of death and heaven with the entire class?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2How might taking care of pets in the classroom promote students' cognitive development? their social-emotional development?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3How might a Vygotskian theorist suggest Ms. Bowman address the death of the class pet?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4Piaget described the preoperational stage as being characterized by egocentric thinking. Identify a possible instance of egocentrism in the case.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Amy's previous experience with her grandfather's death led her to believe that people and other living creatures go away when they die, yet the fish is still in the fish bowl. From Piaget's perspective, this situation is likely to:
a. Increase Amy's egocentrism
b. Create disequilibrium for Amy
c. Promote concrete operational thinking
d. Be beyond Amy's zone of proximal development
Ques. 6In what way is the conversation between Ms. Tollefson and Rodney most likely to promote Rodney's social-emotional development?
a. It should enhance Rodney's sense of self.
b. It should encourage Rodney to act more prosocially.
c. It should enhance Rodney's perspective-taking ability.
d. It should facilitate Rodney's attachment to his teacher.
Ques. 7How might we explain Rodney's thinking from an information-processing perspective?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8Is Ms. Knowles's strategy effective? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 9Willingness to change beliefs is related positively to:
a. performance goal orientations
b. a belief in fixed learning
c. need for cognition
d. all of the above
Ques. 10How are student beliefs related to problem solving?
a. they affect ill-structured problem solving the most
b. they have no effect on problem solving
c. they affect all types of problem solving equally
d. they affect well-structured problem solving the most
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