Schemata in our memories serve which of the following functions

Schemata in our memories serve which of the following functions
 
  a. They help us make information meaningful
  b. They provide structure to what we know
  c. They provide interconnections among categories of information
  d. all of the above

Ques. 2

Benjamin Bloom's research on mastery learning showed that differences in learning rates
  between faster and slower learners:
 
  a. became larger.
  b. stayed the same.
  c. became smaller.
  d. disappeared completely.

Ques. 3

Carroll's model of time and learning recognizes that:
 
  a. students have different learning styles.
  b. students have multiple intelligences.
  c. students learn at different rates.
  d. students can learn in a variety of settings.

Ques. 4

Long-term memory refers to memory that
 
  a. exists over periods of days, weeks, or longer
  b. will never be lost from recall
  c. has little relation to real life events
  d. is not available to the working memory

Ques. 5

Dyslexia is most commonly identified with:
 
  a. confusion in ordering similar-looking letters, such as b, p, and d.
  b. problems in spoken language.
  c. difficulty in distinguishing phonemes and mapping those to alphabetic letters.
  d. chromosomal abnormalities.

Ques. 6

Parallel distributed processing (PDP) is a theory that emphasizes
 
  a. humans' ability to simultaneously consider many pieces of information
  b. computers' ability to simultaneously consider many pieces of information
  c. the movement from decoding to comprehension in reading
  d. the pattern of knowledge as it is stored as a static copy

Ques. 7

Schema theory stresses which of these features of memory?
 
  a. decay and loss
  b. structure and organization
  c. interference and overlearning
  d. distinctiveness and elaboration

Ques. 8

Melinda, a seventh grader, was diagnosed with a moderate learning disability several years
  ago. She likely can be characterized by all of the following except:
 
  a. She has an IQ that is much lower than her peers.
  b. She has difficulty in learning with regards to a specific processing skill.
  c. She has an individualized education plan at her school.
  d. She spends the large majority of instructional time in a mainstream classroom.