Deck 17: Principles of Nutrition Education

Question 1

When teaching children,you would

A) show the child why, not how to.
B) keep your message short, clear, and simple.
C) make practical, concrete suggestions.
D) a and b
E) b and c

Answer 1

E

Question 2

All nutrition professionals have extensive training in educating individuals.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When writing effectively,you need to eliminate clutter and jargon.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Asking adult learners open-ended questions will help facilitate their learning.

Question 5

The basic principles guiding adult education include all of the following except

A) Adult learning is constantly occurring.
B) Adult roles, responsibilities, and past experiences influence learning.
C) The adult learner facilitates the learning process.
D) Adult learners learn best when the information is relevant.

Question 6

Learning experiences/activities and materials needed are two critical components of a nutrition education lesson plan.

Question 7

For adults,learning is an intentional,purposeful activity.

Question 8

Nutrition education is an instructional method that promotes healthy behaviors by imparting information that individuals can use to make informed decisions regarding food choices.

Question 9

The degree to which an intervention is geared to clients,including reading level and visual acuity,is called

A) relevance.
B) consonance.
C) feedback.
D) reinforcement.

Question 10

Adult education is a process whereby adults may learn and achieve changes in which of the following areas?

A) Knowledge
B) Attitudes
C) Values
D) Skills
E) All of the above

Question 11

An effective nutrition intervention program

A) integrates good instructional design.
B) must be conducted over a period of several weeks.
C) can only be conducted in an individual, one-on-one format.
D) tries to cover as much information as possible in the given amount of time.

Question 12

Nutrition messages that use verbs in the present tense make consumers pay more attention.

Question 13

One of the three basic rules of writing is to have every word in every sentence serve a useful purpose.

Question 14

Principles to consider when developing lesson plans include:

A) relevance of learning to real-life situations.
B) active involvement of learners in the process of learning.
C) focus on the teacher's interests and needs.
D) a and b
E) b and c

Question 15

Effective nutrition education programs for adults are based on all of the following except

A) problem-centered learning.
B) concrete information.
C) positive learning environment.
D) a lecture style of teaching.

Question 16

The degree of health literacy has no impact on health status.

Question 17

Children and adults approach learning in the same manner.

Question 18

Formative and summative evaluation mean the same thing and the terms can be used interchangeably.

Question 19

Nutrition messages that include food choices using simple and clear words are most effective.

Question 20

People of any age learn best if

A) they have the necessary prerequisite knowledge.
B) what they learned is used and reinforced.
C) content is delivered in large pieces.
D) a and b
E) b and c

Question 21

When determining which educational materials to use,the educator needs to be concerned with all of the following except

A) the cost of the materials.
B) their "fit" with the program.
C) the literacy level of the participants.
D) their reusability for several other programs with different target audiences.

Question 22

Which of the following statements regarding effective writing is false?

A) You write for different purposes: to educate, to inform, or to persuade.
B) Practice makes perfect.
C) Your first draft could be an effective final draft.
D) You need to write to an intended audience.

Question 23

Conducting a focus group testing of program instructional materials is an example of

A) developing a marketing plan.
B) formative evaluation.
C) summative evaluation.
D) None of these

Question 24

In order to identify a target population's educational needs,a community nutritionist can obtain useful information from which of the following?

A) Community needs assessment
B) Formative research
C) Focus groups
D) Review of the literature
E) All of the above

Question 25

Based on the "cone of experience," after two weeks people remember _____ percent of what they hear.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 50

Question 26

Which of the following could not be used to determine the readability of an educational message?

A) Fry Index
B) SMOG grading test
C) Word processing software
D) FOG readability score

Question 27

Nutrition education lesson plans should include all of the following except

A) an extensive review of literature.
B) outcome objectives or learner outcomes.
C) an evaluation component.
D) the duration of the program.

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a well-stated objective?

A) Gains knowledge of breastfeeding.
B) Sees the value of breastfeeding.
C) States three benefits of breastfeeding.
D) None of these

Question 29

Examples of formative evaluation research include all of the following except

A) SMOG testing of educational materials.
B) participants' reactions to all program components.
C) focus group testing of dietary messages.
D) a trial run of program format.

Question 30

Characteristics of instructional objectives include all of the following except

A) they concentrate on the learner.
B) they clearly communicate a specific instructional intent.
C) they are stated in terms of the process of learning.
D) they describe one type of learning outcome per objective.

Question 31

To design an effective nutrition message you would

A) use language that is immediate.
B) use demonstratives such as "this" and "these."
C) use qualifiers such as "perhaps" or "may."
D) a and b
E) b and c

Question 32

According to the "cone of experience," after two weeks people remember _____ of what they say and do and _____ of what they see.

A) 30%, 50%
B) 50%, 50%
C) 70%, 10%
D) 90%, 30%

Question 33

What is the first component of writing a nutrition lesson?

A) Identify the major concept you are communicating.
B) Determine teaching strategies that will be used.
C) Write well-stated objectives.
D) Order doesn't matter as all are important components.

Question 34

The results of _____ evaluation are used to change and improve program delivery.

A) formative
B) summative
C) outcome
D) structure

Question 35

Which of the following is an example of a well-stated objective?

A) Applies the knowledge of counting carbohydrates effectively.
B) Differentiates between low- and high-sodium foods.
C) Identifies the serving size on the food label.
D) All of these are well-stated objectives.

Question 36

Which of the following is a well-stated objective?

A) Appreciate the value of a high-fiber diet.
B) Gain knowledge of the fiber content of foods.
C) Understand the foods that make up a high-fiber diet and apply this knowledge to selection of foods at the grocery store.
D) Differentiate between low-fiber and high-fiber foods.

Question 37

A nutrition education plan describes the needs of the target population and includes all of the following components except the

A) objectives for intervention activities.
B) program format.
C) marketing plan.
D) budget.

Question 38

Differentiate between the approaches you would use in teaching children versus teaching adults.

Question 39

The type of evaluation conducted at the end of a program to provide information about the effectiveness of the program is called _____ evaluation.

A) process
B) summative
C) formative
D) output

Question 40

What is health literacy?

Question 41

Based on the characteristics of an effective objective,what is wrong with this objective?
Upon completion of this course,students will be able to identify four foods rich in fiber and name five foods rich in calcium.

Question 42

Differentiate between summative and formative evaluation.How are both important when planning and implementing nutrition education programs?

Question 43

Briefly discuss three principles that should be considered when developing a lesson plan.

Question 44

Use the following case scenario to answer short answer items. You have been asked to develop a worksite wellness program on heart health for the local canning factory. The majority of the employees are overweight, inactive, literate males with hypertension.
Write two instructional objectives based on one of the identified content areas in #6.

Question 45

List three provisions that will enhance learner-centered educational experiences for adults.

Question 46

Differentiate between general objectives and specific objectives as utilized in the lesson plan.

Question 47

Briefly describe the guiding principles of a well-written instructional objective.

Question 48

What are some recommendations for teaching adult learners?

Question 49

List and briefly describe the components of a well-developed lesson plan.

Question 50

Use the following case scenario to answer short answer items. You have been asked to develop a worksite wellness program on heart health for the local canning factory. The majority of the employees are overweight, inactive, literate males with hypertension.
Write a nutrition message based on the objectives you wrote in #8.

Question 51

Briefly explain the five nutrition messages discussed in Chapter 17 that were based on focus group results and are designed to help consumers make healthful choices that fit into their lifestyle.

Question 52

Use the following case scenario to answer short answer items. You have been asked to develop a worksite wellness program on heart health for the local canning factory. The majority of the employees are overweight, inactive, literate males with hypertension.
What are some key questions that need to be answered when determining the content of lessons? Answer these questions based on this scenario.

Question 53

Differentiate among the nutrition education plans written for the individual,community,and systems levels.

Question 54

What is adult education?

Question 55

Use the following case scenario to answer short answer items. You have been asked to develop a worksite wellness program on heart health for the local canning factory. The majority of the employees are overweight, inactive, literate males with hypertension.
Based on Dale's "cone of experience," which types of teaching methods would you include and why?

Question 56

What are the parts of the nutrition education plan? What is the necessity of the plan?

Question 57

List three purposes of key nutrition messages.