Which of the following is NOT an example of constructivist instruction?

Which of the following is NOT an example of constructivist instruction?
 
  a. inquiry approach
 
   b. discovery learning
 
   c. project-based learning
   d. direct instruction

Question 2

Mr. Silas wants his students to understand properties of air, so he has them fly kites, press inverted glasses into water, release smelly gases in a warm room and a cold room, blow up balloons, and so forth. He follows his students lead and asks lots of open-ended questions. His class could best be described as based on principles of
 
  a. operant conditioning.
 
   b. classical conditioning.
   c. observational learning.
   d. constructivist teaching.

Question 3

One of the key criticisms of Piagets theory of cognitive development centers on the fact that he
 
  a. underestimated the cognitive abilities of adolescents.
 
   b. underestimated the cognitive abilities of young children.
 
   c. failed to consider the active role of children in their own development.
   d. focused too much attention on the biological components of development.

Question 4

Serafina can go beyond what she sees in the real world and can consider possibilities and scenarios that dont exist. She is likely in which of Piagets stages?
 
  a. concrete operational
   b. formal operational
 
   c. egotistic
 
   d. preoperational

Question 5

Consider the following item:
  All of the following sentences are true. What determines whether or not there is good weather?
  1. Charlie is not swimming; Dave is boating; there is not good weather.
  2. Charlie is not swimming; there is good weather; Dave is boating.
  3. Charlie is swimming; there is not good weather; Dave is not boating.
  4. Dave is not boating; there is good weather; Charlie is swimming.
  Which of the following Piagetian stages is the item above designed to assess?
 
  a. sensorimotor
 
   b. preoperational
 
   c. concrete operational
   d. formal operational

Question 6

Children who are five years old and cannot decenter are likely in which of Piagets stages?
 
  a. preoperational
 
   b. concrete operational
   c. formal operational
 
   d. sensorimotor

Question 7

Which form of conservation are children likely to master last?
 
  a. volume
   b. area
 
   c. length
 
   d. number