Sarah needs to know her division facts for a quiz tomorrow. She wants to do as well as she possibly can on the quiz. Taking what psychologists have learned about automaticity into account, which one of the following would be the best advice to give Sarah?
A) Repeat each fact at least five times silently.
B) Repeat each fact at least five times out loud.
C) Study the facts until you know each one and then do something entirely different until morning.
D) Study the facts until you know them all perfectly, and then continue to practice them periodically after that.
Ques. 2Students with ADHD typically have good organizational skills.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 3Many psychologists believe that learning and understanding are often quite constructive in nature. Three of the following scenarios illustrate such construction. Which scenario does not necessarily involve construction in learning?
A) Although no one has ever told her so, Peggy thinks that the night sky is a big black blanket covering the earth and that the blanket has tiny holes through which the stars shine.
B) Mr. McFarland asks his third graders to practice their multiplication tables every day. After a month of such practice, Misty can retrieve all the basic multiplication facts quickly and easily.
C) When George reads about the Vietnam War in his history book, he comes to the conclusion that the United States should never have gotten involved in Southeast Asia.
D) Because the word photosynthesis begins with photo, Jeremy guesses that it must have something to do with taking photographs.
Ques. 4If we consider the concept of reciprocal causation, we must conclude that the quality of students' classroom experiences is influenced:
A) Primarily by what teachers do in the classroom.
B) Primarily by how students think about classroom material.
C) Both by classroom events and by what students themselves do.
D) Largely by things that have happened to students in the past.
Ques. 5Which one of the following statements best reflects the concept of reciprocal causation?
A) Students are more likely to imitate a behavior for which they have seen others reinforced.
B) Learning from a model can occur only when students are capable of performing the behavior they observe.
C) Students are unlikely to exhibit a behavior for which they think they will be punished.
D) The environment affects students' behavior, but their behavior also affects the environment they experience.
Ques. 6For which one of the following student behaviors is the strategy of ignoring most likely to be effective in changing the behavior?
a. The student is not working on the assignment.
b. Calling out questions when hands raised is the rule.
c. Wandering around the room at the beginning of the year.
d. Rudeness to the teacher.
Ques. 7Which one of the following best illustrates inclusion as special educators use the term?
A) Amy, who has dramatic mood swings, joins a regular classroom only on days when she is well-behaved.
B) Alice, who has multiple physical disabilities, has a special classroom where she and a student with severe cerebral palsy are taught.
C) Alex, who has mental retardation, is taught in a regular classroom, where his teacher and a specialist both design and deliver instruction.
D) Andrew, who is deaf, joins a regular class when it goes to art and physical education.
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