Question 1

Imagine you are a high school principal who wants students to develop effective study strategies before they graduate. If you follow the textbook's recommendations for teaching study skills and other complex cognitive processes,which one of the following approaches should you use?

Accepted Answer

Integrating study skills training into specific academic courses allows students to apply these skills directly to their current subjects, making the learning process more relevant and effective.

Question 2

Describe the role that each of the factors below plays in students' ability to solve problems. Illustrate the role of each with a concrete example.
a. Working memory capacity
b. Representing the problem
c. Retrieval from long-term memory

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Question 3

Distinguish between positive and negative transfer,and give a concrete example of each to illustrate your discussion.

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Question 4

Ms. Villanueva has her students engage in a variety of activities in her middle school geography class. Three of the activities described below are authentic activities. Which one is not an authentic activity as educational psychologists define the term?

Accepted Answer

Describing the difference between latitude and longitude is more of a theoretical exercise rather than an authentic activity, which typically involves real-world application and problem-solving.

Question 5

Three of the following alternatives describe classrooms that have an overall culture that values complex thinking processes. Which classroom,although possibly enhancing students' classroom achievement,is not necessarily promoting such a culture?

Accepted Answer

Frequent assignments that count towards a final grade may focus on rote learning and performance rather than fostering a culture of complex thinking.

Question 6

Three of the following strategies are consistent with the textbook's recommendations for helping students learn to engage in self-evaluation. Which strategy,although possibly beneficial for other reasons,is least likely to promote self-evaluation?

Accepted Answer

Providing detailed feedback is more about external evaluation rather than encouraging students to engage in self-evaluation.

Question 7

Three of the following teachers should help their students solve problems and think creatively about classroom topics. Which teacher probably will not?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Driver focuses on teaching abstract principles of logic, which may not directly encourage creative problem-solving or thinking about classroom topics in a new way.

Question 8

Three of the following teachers are using strategies that should promote self-regulated learning. Which teacher,while almost certainly helping students learn more effectively,is probably not promoting self-regulated learning?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Henry recruits several parents to provide one-on-one tutoring for students who are having difficulty in a particular subject area. This strategy does not promote self-regulated learning because it does not teach students how to regulate their own learning.

Question 9

Which one of the following statements best reflects the textbook's recommendation regarding the assessment of complex cognitive processes?

Accepted Answer

Including complex cognitive processes in assessments emphasizes their importance and encourages students to develop these skills.

Question 10

Three of the following are authentic activities related to using a computer. Which one is,in and of itself,not an authentic activity?

Accepted Answer

Learning that force equals mass times acceleration is a physics concept and not an activity directly related to using a computer.

Question 11

Luke approaches you before class and expresses his frustration about having done so poorly on yesterday's exam. "I studied for hours and hours," he tells you. "I guess I'm just not a very good test taker." You know that your test was a good measure of what you taught your students. You also know that students seldom do poorly on your tests simply because they are poor test takers. Considering the textbook's discussion of study strategies,what other possible explanation might you give Luke as to why he thought he knew the material well yet earned a low test score. And with your explanation in mind,describe a strategy you might teach him for improving his performance next time.

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Question 12

Educational psychologists propose that people often become increasingly self-regulating over time as they get older.
a. Explain what they mean by the term self-regulation.
b. List a behavior that you would like to see your students make in an increasingly self-regulated fashion. Then describe two specific strategies you might use to promote their self-regulation. Your strategies should be based on concepts and/or principles from educational psychology.

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Question 13

Three of the following teaching strategies should promote critical thinking. Which strategy,although beneficial in other ways,will not necessarily promote critical thinking skills?

Accepted Answer

Relating new material to things already learned helps with understanding and retention but does not necessarily engage critical thinking skills like evaluation, analysis, or argumentation.

Question 14

Which one of the following is the best example of problem-based learning?

Accepted Answer

Problem-based learning involves students actively solving real-world problems, and devising a way to move a large, heavy object using principles of physics is a practical application of this approach.

Question 15

You are hired to teach a struggling student named Joy more effective study skills. Describe five different strategies that you will teach Joy so that she can study and learn more effectively. Include at least one strategy that will enable Joy to transfer the things she learns to new situations.

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Question 16

When educators use the expression "Less is more" in their discussions of promoting complex cognitive processes,they mean that:

Accepted Answer

Focusing on a few topics in depth allows students to engage more deeply and critically, promoting complex cognitive processes.

Question 17

Three of the following are examples of authentic activities. Which one is least authentic?

Accepted Answer

Collecting samples of local vegetation in a botany class, writing an editorial for the local newspaper, and playing shortstop in a baseball game all involve real-world situations and tasks that exist outside of the classroom. However, taking an essay test in a history class is a common classroom assessment that may not replicate real-world tasks or situations in the same way.

Question 18

Which one of the following strategies is most likely to promote self-regulation in students?

Accepted Answer

Advising students to break down a task into smaller steps and reinforcing themselves after each completion promotes self-regulation by helping students set goals, monitor their progress, and reward themselves for achievements. This encourages a sense of autonomy, self-motivation, and persistence towards completing tasks. The other options do not necessarily promote self-regulation in the same way or are not clearly linked to developing self-regulation skills.

Quiz 3: Complex Cognitive Processes