Mrs. Chang is working with her students on the processes involved in solving simultaneous equations in algebra. As she models solutions, she calls on as many different students as possible and asks them to explain why each of the steps is important. Of the following, which best explains why having her students provide explanations is more effective than simply modeling the solutions?
a. Having the students explain helps the students rehearse the information in their long-term memories.
b. Having the students explain keeps the information in their sensory memories.
c. Having the students explain helps Mrs. Chang retrieve important information for the students.
d. Having the students explain puts them in cognitively active roles.
Ques. 2Which of the following best describes how teachers' roles will change when basing instruction on knowledge construction, social influences on learning, and the learning sciences?
a. Teachers will need to provide lectures with clearer language and more precise descriptions of content than they would if using traditional instruction.
b. Teachers will need to use more positive reinforcement of students and less negative reinforcement of students than they would if using traditional instruction.
c. Teachers will need to use more essay tests and fewer multiple-choice tests than they would if using traditional instruction.
d. Teachers will need to use more questioning and less explaining that they would if using traditional instruction.
Ques. 3Which of the following are suggestions for classroom practice based on social influences on learning and knowledge construction?
1 . Provide students with experiences that promote deep understanding.
2 . Consistently reinforce appropriate behaviors.
3 . Connect content to the real world.
4 . Make interaction an integral part of instruction.
5 . Teach for conceptual change.
6 . Promote learning with assessment.
a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 b. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 c. 1, 3, 5, 6 d. 1, 3, 5
Ques. 4Explain why concept learning is a complex cognitive process, and illustrate your explanation with examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Identify three factors that contribute to people's construction of misconceptions, and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 6After reading the chapter in the text, Marisa then writes an answer to each of the questions that are in the margins of the book. After writing her answer, she looks at the feedback in the student supplement. Her friend Helen also reads the text. She then reads the questions in the margins and then looks at the feedback in the student supplement. Marisa consistently scores higher on the tests and quizzes. Of the following, based on what we know about making information meaningful, which is the best explanation for why Marisa scores higher than does Helen?
a. Marisa's perception of the questions is more accurate than is Helen's.
b. By writing the answers, Marisa puts herself in a more cognitively active role than does Helen.
c. Marisa attends to the questions better than does Helen.
d. Marisa avoids overloading working memory more effectively than does Helen.
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