According to social cognitive theorists, reinforcement affects learning because it:
a. Encourages the learner to pay attention
b. Reduces the likelihood of punishment
c. Increases the strength of an SR connection
d. Makes the learner feel good, thus reducing emotions that interferes with the learning process
Ques. 2Ms. Goodsell is thinking about how she might help the students in her introductory French class learn to pronounce the word bonjour correctly. Which one of her thoughts below is most consistent with a social cognitive perspective of learning?
a. If I explain the parts of the wordif I tell them that bon means good and jour means daythen they will have an easier time understanding why the word is pronounced the way it is.
b. Maybe I should show them how I form my mouth and lips as I pronounce the word and then encourage them to imitate me.
c. Maybe I should explain how certain letters and letter combinations are consistently pronounced differently in French than they are in English.
d. I need to be patient. Correct pronunciation will come in time for those students who are really motivated to speak French.
Ques. 3Social cognitive theory can best be characterized as being concerned with learning
a. communication skills
b. socially appropriate behaviors
c. through observations of others
d. subject matter in the social sciences (e.g., geography, psychology)
Ques. 4Which of the following statement is not true of high stakes testing?
a. The tests are often not reflective of the instructional goals.
b. The results often determine students' promotion or graduation.
c. They are most often summative assessments.
d. They can only be implemented by trained behaviorists.
Ques. 5Mrs. Sloan wanted to use behaviorist approaches in her classroom. She decided to test the students many times throughout her course. Which assessment practice is she employing?
a. Backward design
b. Formative assessment
c. Summative assessment
d. High stakes tests
Ques. 6A mastery learning approach would probably be most suitable for teaching:
a. introductory Russian
b. a philosophy seminar
c. advanced techniques of photography
d. controversial issues in history
Ques. 7Judging from the brief descriptions below, which of these four teachers is most likely to be using a mastery learning approach?
a. Mr. Andrews lectures each week on different American novels. Students must attend at least 80 of these lectures.
b. Ms. Bennett begins each class by asking students what they would most like to study that day.
c. Mr. Carlton has divided his physics course into 15 discrete units that students study individually at their own rate.
d. Ms. Dominguez teaches children the basics of mathematics by using such concrete objects as blocks and sticks.
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