Describe the suggestions for classroom practice when basing instruction on social influences on learning and the process of knowledge construction in classrooms, and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2Of the following, which strategy for improving our students' problem solving abilities is Jim best applying by using case studies as the framework for teaching problem solving in business law?
a. Present problems in real-world contexts.
b. Develop students' expertise with worked examples.
c. Capitalize on social interaction.
d. Encourage sense making.
Ques. 3Which of the following is a characteristic of problem-based learning?
a. Lessons begin with an ambiguous problem, and the learning activity focuses on defining the problem.
b. Learners are allowed free reign, so they develop both content knowledge and effective strategic problem solving without your outside influence.
c. A concluding lecture is used to tie together the work done by the students.
d. The teacher guides student's efforts with questioning and other forms of scaffolding as they work toward solving a problem that is the focus of the learning activity.
Ques. 4Jennifer Clower wants her students to understand that when we exert a force on an object, it accelerates. She explains acceleration, such as objects' speeding up as they fall to the earth, but she is uneasy about the extent to which the students understand the concept acceleration. So, she demonstrates force and acceleration by pulling a small cart across the front of the classroom using a spring scale that exerts a constant force. She also holds a tennis ball above her head and drops it and then shows a computer simulation that illustrates the acceleration of the dropped ball in slow motion. Jennifer explains that as the distances between the images of the ball get greater and greater, the ball is accelerating.
Assess Jennifer's lesson using the suggestions for classroom practice based on social influences on learning and the process of knowledge construction as the basis for your assessment.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Explain how your role as a teacher will change when basing instruction on social influences on learning and the process of knowledge construction, compared to traditional instruction, such as lecture.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 6Of the following, which individual best illustrates creativity?
a. After seeing a TV character using a particularly clever phrase, Sancha uses the phrase with his friends, hoping to impress them with his wit.
b. Rick is making spaghetti for Suzanne, a girl he wants to impress. He has no way of straining the spaghetti until he sees a piece of screen-door screen, which he washes and then uses as a strainer.
c. Jerome's running shoes are starting to get smelly from sweat, so he washes them and then wears them for his run that afternoon even though they're still damp from the washing.
d. Dana decides to redecorate his room, so he removes his bed, puts his mattress on the floor, hangs fishing net from the ceiling, and puts in dim lighting to create a feeling of intimacy like his friend Bill has done.
Ques. 7Using the suggestions for classroom practice as a basis, how effective was Teresa's attempt to help Monica understand that both men and women wear glasses?
a. It was effective because Teresa provided Monica with examples, and Teresa and Monica interacted.
b. It was ineffective because Teresa should have reinforced Monica for saying that the girl in the picture wasn't wearing glasses.
c. It was effective because Teresa modeled an understanding of some men wearing glasses and some women not wearing glasses.
d. It was ineffective because Teresa didn't provide Monica live examples of men and women wearing glasses; her examples only came from written materials.
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