Of the following, the most effective way teachers can promote self-assessment is to:
a. provide frequent quizzes and tests.
b. encourage students to check their answers on their assignments before handing them in.
c. encourage students to work with and compare their performance to other students.
d. provide grades that help students know how they are doing in comparison to other students.
Ques. 2Which of the following statements best describes cognitive behavior modification?
a. It combines behaviorist principles and learners' thoughts.
b. It focuses on behavioral change but rejects behaviorist principles.
c. It emphasizes learners' thoughts and disregards observable behavior.
d. It emphasizes the influence of teacher modeling on changes in learners' behaviors.
Ques. 3According to research, for approximately how long does our auditory sensory memory hold information?
a. 1 second
b. 4 seconds
c. 8 seconds
d. 20 seconds
Ques. 4Describe four suggestions we can follow to apply social cognitive theory in our classrooms, and provide an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5We see a flashlight whirling in a darkened room. We tend to see a circle of light for an instant as the flashlight whirls around. This tendency to briefly see the circle of light most closely relates to:
a. sensory memory.
b. working memory.
c. long-term memory.
d. both working memory and long-term memory.
Ques. 6Research indicates that multiple questioning (asking a second question before the student can respond to the first) is an ineffective teaching behavior. Which of the following concepts from the information processing model best explains this finding?
a. Organization
b. Perception
c. Sensory memory
d. Meaningfulness
Ques. 7The meaningfulness of a schema describes:
a. the extent to which the schema can be visualized in sensory memory.
b. the extent to which the schema can be rehearsed in working memory.
c. the extent to which learners have conditional and procedural knowledge related to the schema.
d. the extent to which its elements are interconnected in long-term memory.
Ques. 8According to the model of human memory, we encode to and retrieve information from:
a. semantic sensory memory.
b. episodic sensory memory.
c. long-term memory.
d. working memory.
Ques. 9The amount of mental activity imposed on working memory is described as:
a. maintenance rehearsal.
b. meaningfulness.
c. cognitive load.
d. dual-processing.
Ques. 10Historically, the part of our memory system that temporarily holds information until it can be processed has been called:
a. episodic memory.
b. semantic memory.
c. meaningful memory.
d. short-term memory.
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