Deck 4: Theoretical Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Clinical Nursing Education

Question 1

Gestalt-psychology proposes that learners recognize patterns and relationships using which of the following principles of relativism?

A) Law of similarity
B) Law of proximity
C) Law of closure
D) Law of divergence
E) All but d

Answer 1

E
All but d. Gestalt-psychology does use the term "law of divergence."

Question 2

Brain-based learning theory recognizes that both emotions and mind-sets influence learning. Examples of these include

A) biases and prejudices
B) need for social interaction
C) expectancy
D) self-esteem
E) all of these

Answer 2

E
all of these. Brain-based learning theory recognizes that there are multiple influences on learning, including attitudes.

Question 3

Brain-based learning theory assumes that humans search for meaning through patterning. To accomplish this

A) an analytic approach is preferable to a global approach to organizing information
B) both focused attention and peripheral perception are involved
C) spatial memory is superior to rote memory in retaining information, regardless of the type of information
D) threat is equally effective as challenge in promoting learning
E) left brain function identifies patterns more accurately than does right brain function

Answer 3

B
both focused attention and peripheral perception are involved. Each of the incorrect options emphasizes one quality over another, when brain-based learning theory sees each component as equal to the other.

Question 4

Transfer of learning requires all except

A) active engagement with learning
B) mastery of appropriate subject matter
C) knowledge of specific details applicable to the learning experience
D) reflection on one's thought processes while they occur
E) reflection on one's thought processes following a learning experience

Question 5

Learning style theory encourages the clinical nursing instructor to

A) offer multi-modal approaches to content so students have options regarding how to master content
B) tailor instruction to each student's preferred approach to learning
C) offer an approach to learning that has been demonstrated to be best suited to nursing students
D) tailor instruction to practical learners, as this is the best approach for learning in the clinical area
E) none of the above

Question 6

The cognitive learning domain concerns intellectual operations based on acquired knowledge of facts and theories. Within this domain, learning objectives related to which of the following are most appropriate for the clinical area?

A) comprehension, application, and analysis
B) knowledge, comprehension, and application
C) application, analysis, and evaluation
D) knowledge, comprehension, and synthesis
E) knowledge, comprehension, and analysis

Question 7

The affective domain concerns many of the values in nursing, including

A) precision
B) empathy
C) clinical judgment
D) conceptual grasp
E) abstraction

Question 8

Adult learning theory (andragogy) is based on which of the following assumptions?

A) Dependence on the instructor as the source of information
B) Learning readiness based on developmental needs
C) A future-oriented time perspective
D) Learning that is subject- rather than problem-centered
E) Both c and d

Question 9

Adult learning theory is particularly applicable to clinical nursing instruction because

A) the instructor's role is to facilitate learning rather than provide instruction
B) both the student and instructor can take advantage of serendipitous learning, independent of classroom instruction
C) this is the model used in classroom instruction and so is familiar to students
D) all of these
E) only a and b

Question 10

In Benner's framework for the development of clinical expertise, the graduating nursing student can be expected to operate at which level?

A) Novice
B) Apprentice
C) Advanced beginner
D) Competent
E) Proficient