Each of the teachers below has students with misconceptions about the material they are studying. ...

Each of the teachers below has students with misconceptions about the material they are studying. Three of the teachers are using strategies that should help their students correct these misconceptions. Which teacher is not using an effective strategy for changing misconceptions?
 
  a. Ms. Andersen identifies and then builds on things that students correctly understand about the phenomenon at hand.
  b. Mr. Bissette presents a situation that students cannot adequately explain using their current beliefs about the topic.
  c. Ms. Caro reminds her students that she will be testing them on the material they are studying.
  d. Mr. Darren shows students how the true explanation of something is different from, and more plausible than, their existing beliefs.

Ques. 2

Three of the following teaching strategies should help promote conceptual change. Which one will not?
 
  a. Pique students' interest in classroom subject matter.
  b. Identify students' misconceptions about a topic prior to instruction.
  c. Explore a few topics in depth rather than covering many topics quickly.
  d. Have students learn definitions of important concepts to automaticity.

Ques. 3

Which one of the following is the best example of confirmation bias?
 
  a. Paula drops a stone and a paperclip from a second-story window. She sees that they reach the ground at the same time. I know heavy objects fall faster, she says, so I must have released the paperclip earlier than the stone.
  b. Janet wonders why the moon appears bigger at the horizon than high in the sky. Maybe it's closer to us when it's on the horizon, she thinks.
  c. Rodney has heard that chocolate can be poisonous to dogs and in large amounts can even be fatal. He searches the Internet for a possible explanation for this puzzling fact.
  d. Elliot loves watching challenging television game shows. He tries to answer questions along with the contestants, and he keeps score to see whether he might have won cash and prizes if he had actually been on the show.

Ques. 4

Which one of the following illustrates conceptual change?
 
  a. As a Boy Scout, Andy has learned how to cook a wide variety of foods over an open fire.
  b. Brad misinterprets the scientific explanation of fire to fit what he believesthat fire is an object with substance and weight.
  c. Charlotte used to think that fire was an actual substance, but now she knows that it's a chemical change.
  d. Dana wasn't aware of how much damage fire could really do until the house next door burned down.

Ques. 5

Luana is taking her first course in psychology. With regard to her knowledge of psychology, Luana is probably in Alexander's ______ stage in the development of expertise:
 
  a. acclimation
  b. competence
  c. implicit knowledge
  d. undergeneralization

Ques. 6

Given research on effective study skills, which one of the following techniques should you not recommend to a struggling student?
 
  a. Take notes on a lecture only after it's over.
  b. Draw inferences from the information presented.
  c. Look for main ideas in a lecture.
  d. Summarize the information presented in a textbook chapter.

Ques. 7

Martha is trying to decide what to give to her best friend Rose as a birthday present. She begins by looking closely at how Rose spends her time. She also browses in a number of different department stores to identify numerous things within her price range. Then she lets the problem incubate in her head for a few days while she engages in other activities. Eventually she chooses what she thinks will be the best gift for Rose. Martha's approach to the problem can probably best be understood from which of the following perspectives of problem solving?
 
  a. Stages of problem solving
  b. Trial-and-error
  c. The Gestalt notion of insight
  d. Response hierarchy

Ques. 8

Peg is trying to change a light bulb in a ceiling light, but she cannot reach the light even when she stands on a chair. She looks around the room, puzzled, and then suddenly realizes that she can reach the light by piling two telephone books on the chair and standing on them. Peg's approach to the problem can probably best be understood from which one of the following perspectives of problem solving?
 
  a. Stages of problem solving
  b. Trial-and-error
  c. The Gestalt notion of insight
  d. Response hierarchy