Question 1

Describe the major elements of inquiry learning. Describe how you could implement these ideas in planning a lesson in your subject area. How could you know that your efforts were successful?

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Question 2

What are some of the disadvantages of group learning and cooperative learning?

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Question 3

Bruner's notion of teaching, in which more complex forms of learning build upon fundamental concepts taught early in the school years, is called the ________ curriculum.

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Question 4

When pre-service teachers engage in student teaching, they are learning with the support and guidance of an expert teacher. This method is based on the idea that knowledge and skills are best learned in the context in which they will be later used in the real-world setting. This model of teacher preparation emphasizes ________ learning.

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Question 5

The ________ format requires each member of a cooperative learning group to teach their other members one section of the material.

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Question 6

The quiet captain in a cooperative learning group is responsible for maintaining the ________.

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Question 7

Even though many psychologists and educators use the term constructivism, they often mean very different things. Although there is no single constructivist theory, most constructivist perspectives do agree on two central ideas. First, identify these two central ideas. Then describe at least two practices in traditional classrooms that seem inconsistent with these ideas.

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Question 8

A program that simulates real-world environments and immerses students in tasks that are characteristic of a professional practicum is called _____________.

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Question 9

When the teacher provides students with question stems and then asks students to answer the questions in pairs, he/she is involving the students in ________.

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Question 10

Many constructivist approaches to learning recommend five conditions for learning. In light of these five conditions, contrast traditional classroom teaching with teaching based on these constructivist conditions.

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Question 11

Constructivists that place great emphasis on the social and cultural sources of knowing are in the group of theorists referred to as ________________.

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Question 12

Martha strongly believes that the world was in fact flat prior to Christopher Columbus's journal of the world. Martha's teacher does not correct Martha's construction of this knowledge because she wants to validate Martha's current understanding of the world. In this example, the teacher is most aligned with ________ constructivist teaching perspectives.

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Question 13

In relation to social negotiation, a commitment to build shared meaning by finding a common ground and exchanging interpretations is called a(n) ________ attitude.

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Question 14

Vygotsky's notion that learning is inherently social and embedded within a particular cultural setting is consistent with ________.

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Question 15

One of the goals of service learning is to encourage students to reflect upon their own role in ________.

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Question 16

The method that confronts students are with realistic problems that do not necessarily have a "right" answer, is known as ________ learning.

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Question 17

Social constructivist theorists view learning as occurring within a specific ________, a social situation or context in which ideas are judged useful or true.

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Question 18

William is charged with making sure introverted students participate in his cooperative learning group. William was assigned the role of the ________.

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Question 19

The role of the ________ in a cooperative learning group is to explain concepts when needed.

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Question 20

The basic condition of ________ learning is all students working together toward the achievement of a shared goal or task.

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Quiz 10: The Learning Sciences and Constructivism