Mrs. Carson wants her students to learn how to summarize as they read. She models the behaviors for the students and talks about each step she uses to summarize part of a story. For Mrs. Carson's students to begin to learn by observing her modeling, what elements of observational learning do they need to exhibit?
a. Pay attention and remember the process
b. Focus on the model's tone of voice and gestures
c. Apply triarchic reciprocal causality
d. Focus on behavioral influences
Ques. 2Which of the following theorists is most closely associated with social cognitive theory?
a. Jean Piaget
b. Lev Vygotsky
c. Albert Bandura
d. B. F. Skinner
Ques. 3Mr. Zimmer wants to discourage Mario's disruptive behavior. Mario often drums his pencil on his desk while Mr. Zimmer is reading aloud to the class. Based on social cognitive theory, which of the following is most likely to help Mr. Zimmer reach his goal?
a. Stop reading aloud to the class.
b. Dismiss Mario to the hallway until Mr. Zimmer finishes reading aloud to the class.
c. Let Mario see Mr. Zimmer punish Mario's friend Carlos when Carlos makes disruptive noises.
d. Ignore Mario's behavior and read loudly to keep the attention of other students on the reading rather than on Mario.
Ques. 4Butterfly defect is a phenomenon that occurs when students flutter from one enticing link on the Internet to the next, often forgetting what they are researching. They may begin with a homework assignment in which they research examples of a specific economic downturn. They begin a search by entering keywords into Google. An hour later, they have not completed their search or succeeded in finding examples.
Create a draft for the content of a lesson plan that deals with butterfly defect in a high school classroom. Use a constructivist approach to address the problem.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Students in Mrs. Davis's high school media class are designing instructional videos. Their target audience is students in grades 1-3 . Their goal is to help these students use technology safely, wisely, and abide by rules of netiquette. As they finish developing a video lesson, they arrange to go into the classrooms in grades 1-3 and present the lesson to the children. After each lesson, the high school students discuss their reflections about the session. They look for ways to improve the lesson and transfer those types of changes to the next lesson. The attentiveness of the young children helps Mrs. Davis's high school students feel that they are making a difference.
Is this an example of service learning? Explain why or why not on the basis of established characteristics of service learning.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 6Damian is an ELL student in high school. He is able to converse enough to make friends and play games, but he does not understand academic language very well. Based on guidelines for providing emotional support for ELL students, which one of his teachers seems to be most effective in working with Damian?
a. Damian, you will probably do best working on this assignment alone while other students work in groups.
b. This is science class. I don't want you to worry about English in this class. Just try to get the science concepts.
c. Who can help Damian learn how to punctuate sentences correctly? He needs help from someone who is good in English.
d. I talked to Damian about this event in history, and he created a timeline that compares events in his country with events in the US at that time.
Ques. 7The interdisciplinary science of learning is based on research from many fields that study learning. Despite their different perspectives, experts in the learning sciences agree on some basic assumptions. One basic assumption is that experts have deep conceptual knowledge. Another is that learning comes from the learner.
Describe at least two practices in traditional classrooms that seem inconsistent with these assumptions.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8Mrs. Pollock wants to use the computers in her classroom to help her second grade students improve their math scores on achievement tests. Based on reviews about technology and learning, which of the following plans is most likely to help Mrs. Pollock meet her goal?
a. Animated characters talking about math with sound effects and music
b. Simulation of a classroom activity that involves using math in a fun way
c. Tutorial requiring active engagement and frequent interaction with feedback
d. Examples of story problems read and worked by an expert
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