The research on expert knowledge suggests that
a. children never remember as much as adults
b. novices can usually remember as much as experts if they try
c. biology is more important than background knowledge
d. experts remember more than novices because of their background knowledge
Ques. 2Which of the following statements is most accurate according to the text?
a. only children hold implicit theories
b. no one holds implicit theories
c. everyone holds implicit theories
d. only children hold explicit theories
Ques. 3Research indicates that teacher training programs have ___?___ on preservice
Teachers' beliefs.
a. very little effect at all
b. a strong positive effect
c. a strong negative effect
d. complex curvilinear effects
Ques. 4The Hope Scale developed by Snyder includes two scales that measure
a. learning and performance goals
b. the will and the ways
c. self-efficacy and outcome expectancies
d. all of the above
Ques. 5The study by Lehman, Lempert and Nisbett (1988) suggests that college students
a. cannot be taught complex reasoning skills
b. pick careers in which they already possess sophisticated reasoning skills
c. already have sophisticated reasoning skills prior to beginning their course work
d. develop reasoning skills that they are trained in
Ques. 6Epistemological beliefs refer to beliefs about the
a. development of academic success
b. role of human ability in learning
c. nature and acquisition of knowledge
d. role of moral development
Ques. 7The kind of goal orientation one has affects
a. strategy use
b. classroom satisfaction
c. whether a student asks a teacher for help
d. all of the above
Ques. 8An implicit theory refers to a set of
a. tacit assumptions about a phenomenon
b. rules that explain a phenomenon
c. explicit predictions about a phenomenon
d. explicit assumptions about a phenomenon
Ques. 9Students with mastery goals are ___?___ than students with performance goals.
a. more intelligent
b. less intelligent
c. as intelligent
d. none of the above
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