A child falls down a stairs and bruises her arm. When asked if she is okay, she responds, I must be ...

A child falls down a stairs and bruises her arm. When asked if she is okay, she responds, I must be tired. Her mother had always said to her when she had an accident, Oh, you must be tired. Of the following, which process of knowledge construction does this scenario best illustrate?
 
  a. Learners construct understanding that makes sense to them.
  b. Learners construct understanding by working on authentic tasks.
  c. Learners construct new understanding based on their existing understanding.
  d. Learners construct understanding more effectively if they are involved in social interactions.

Ques. 2

Of the following guidelines for applying information processing and the model of human memory with her students, which is Claribel best demonstrating with questions, such as asking her students to explain the difference between the 2 in 21 and the 2 in 12?
 
  a. Conduct reviews to activate schemas and check perceptions.
  b. Begin learning activities with attention-getting experiences.
  c. Develop learners' background knowledge with high-quality representations of content.
  d. Interact with students to promote cognitive activity and reduce cognitive load.

Ques. 3

Researchers have found that being absent from school not only has a negative impact on the students who are absent, but being absent also has a negative impact on the students' classmates. Of the followingaccording to the researcherswhich statement best explains this research result?
 
  a. The absences require considerable teacher time to help student who are absent, so they have less time to devote to their other students.
  b. The absences detract from teachers' sense of teaching efficacy.
  c. Students who are absent are usually high achievers, so the other students have fewer peer models to emulate.
  d. The absences have a negative impact on the classroom climate.

Ques. 4

Six guidelines for applying information processing and the model of human memory with students were offered in the chapter. Which of the following is not one of those guidelines?
 
  a. Conduct reviews to activate schemas and check perceptions.
  b. Reinforce students for insightful responses to questions.
  c. Develop learners' background knowledge with high quality-representations of content.
  d. Interact with students to promote cognitive activity and reduce cognitive load.

Ques. 5

Describe research results that have examined the influence of social media, such as Facebook and Twitter on social connections among people.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Ques. 6

Explain how metacognition varies with respect to gender, linguistic diversity, cultural diversity, and learners with exceptionalities.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Ques. 7

Older students recognize the need for taking notes while younger ones do not, so we see older students taking notes but don't see younger ones doing it. Of the following, this observation is most closely related to which of the following concepts related to information processing?
 
  a. Attention
  b. Metamemory
  c. Perception
  d. Rehearsal

Ques. 8

Of the following, which is the most valid conclusion about the benefits, or non-benefits, of social connection for people's physical health?
 
  a. Social connection is beneficial for the health of people with outgoing personalities, but for people who tend to be more self-absorbed, few benefits of social connection have been found.
  b. Social connection has been found to be beneficial for emotional health, but social connection has little or no influence on physical health.
  c. Social connections are beneficial for both the emotional and physical health of young people, but as people age, social connections become less and less important.
  d. Social connections are highly beneficial for both emotional and physical heath of people in general.