Question 1

Distinguish near transfer from far transfer.

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Question 2

Distinguish low-road transfer from high-road transfer.

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Question 3

Evaluate and defend why the use of concept mapping would help students to grasp more than a rote understanding of academic subject matter.

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Question 4

Give an example of a classroom activity that walks through the four steps of the "rule-example" strategy.

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Question 5

Explain the concept of "critical thinking."

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Question 6

Describe what is meant by "belief perseverance."

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Question 7

Give an example of the brainstorming strategy to promote creative thinking.

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Question 8

Create a classroom example of a teacher engaging the class in inductive reasoning. Using the same example, describe how the teacher could have alternatively asked students to engage in deductive reasoning.

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Question 9

Synthesizing across the suggestions to promote good decision-making, design an activity that helps students to make good decisions about choice of study habits.

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Question 10

Evaluate the importance of asking students to engage in critical thinking.

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Question 11

If it is important to motivate students to engage and persist in problem-solving activities, outline an approach to facilitate such motivation for a specific academic assignment.

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Question 12

Using concrete examples, distinguish activities that involve "problem-based learning" from other problem-solving activities.

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Question 13

Evaluate the effectiveness of "subgoaling." Do you think it aids problem solving? Defend your answer.

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Question 14

Outline a lesson plan that will facilitate students' transfer of learning.

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Question 15

Compare and contrast forward-reaching and backward-reaching transfer, providing examples of each.

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Question 16

Identify at least three strategies for helping students transfer information. Provide examples for how you could implement each of your selected strategies in the classroom.

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Question 17

Draw a concept map for the areas of human development. Be sure to include the major theories and theorists associated with each area of development.

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Question 18

Develop a unique example of an analogy.

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Question 19

As a teacher, it is important that you encourage students' critical thinking skills. Imagine you are devoting a classroom bulletin board to emphasizing the importance of critical thinking. What might be "trigger" words you present?

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Question 20

Give an example of an academic divergent thinking activity.

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Quiz 9: Complex Cognitive Processes