In Slavin's research on cooperative learning, which of the following is a feature of cooperative ...

In Slavin's research on cooperative learning, which of the following is a feature of cooperative learning?
 
  a. students took group tests and received a grade based on how the group performed
  b. students worked in small groups to learn how to solve a set of homework problems
 c. both of the above
  d. none of the above

Ques. 2

Paraphrasing is restating in your own words what a person says, feels, or means.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Ques. 3

Which of the following statements is true about stress?
 
  a. It mainly affects men, who have competitive jobs
  b. Stress primarily affects people in their forties and fifties.
  c. Stress is a primarily negative sensation, accompanied by fear, nervousness and anxiety
  d. How strong and supportive your relationships are influence how well you cope with stress.

Ques. 4

The relationship between homeostasis and stress is that
 
  a. Stress is necessary to experience a high level of homeostasis
  b. The lower our level of homeostasis is, the more stress we have to endure
  c. Homeostasis ensures that we have the optimal level of stress in our lives
  d. Stress alerts the body to do something to restore homeostasis

Ques. 5

Which of the following statements describe the connection between level of stress and well-being?
 
  a. The more stress we have in our lives, the healthier we are
  b. The less stress we have in our lives, the better
  c. Both too much or too little stress can be damaging
  d. The level of stress only influences our mental well-being, and it does not influence our physical well being,

Ques. 6

In Scardamalia et al.'s study of teaching reflective writing processes, students who received the training:
 
  a. showed a greater pretest-to-posttest gain in generating reflective statements while writing than did a control group
  b. showed a greater pretest-to-posttest gain in essay quality than did the control group
  c. both of the above
  d. none of the above

Ques. 7

According to Slavin, cooperative learning works best when:
 
  a. students work on group projects for which they receive a group grade
  b. students are allowed to choose their friends to be in their group
  c. there is no competition among the groups
  d. students receive grades based on their individual performance

Ques. 8

I'm upset because you ate the last of my cookies is a good definition of a conflict.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Ques. 9

Nunes et al. examined how children solved arithmetic problems in the context of their jobs as street vendors (informal test) and in the context of a school test (formal test). The results showed:
 
  a. the children were able to apply their school-taught strategies on both the formal and informal tests
  b. the children were able to perform well in the school context but did not perform as well in the street context
  c. the children performed poorly on both types of tests, pointing to the need to improve mathematics education for poor children
  d. the children used different strategies on formal and informal tests

Ques. 10

Situated learning:
 
  a. is supported by research showing people use different strategies to solve mathematics problems encountered in school versus out of school
  b. is the idea that learning is shaped by and depends on the situation in which it takes place
  c. both of the above
  d. none of the above