Question 1

An exhaustive, step-by-step approach for solving a problem, in which a solution is virtually guaranteed is a(n) ________.

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Question 2

Making certain that you have the necessary declarative knowledge to understand new information will help to make you a(n) ________ student.

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Question 3

The inability to recognize unconventional uses of familiar objects represents a barrier to problem solving that is referred to as ________.

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Question 4

What can teachers do to support and encourage creativity in the classroom?

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Question 5

Define the different types of transfer and create new examples of each.

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Question 6

Dividing a problem into a number of intermediate goals and then identifying a means of solving each subgoal is called ________.

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Question 7

Practicing basic skills such as multiplication tables until they begin to become automated is described as _________.

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Question 8

A pre-school teacher challenges her students to think about the many potential uses of a coffee pot beyond the typical use of serving coffee. One student could not move beyond her _____________________ and identify additional uses of the coffee pot beyond serving coffee.

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Question 9

Ms. Garza wants her students to use metacognitive skills to guide their reading and inquiry. She is beginning a unit in social studies about the industrial revolution and plans to introduce the lesson with a KWL chart. Describe how she might effectively use a KWL system to encourage students to use metacognitive skills

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Question 10

Many conceptions of creativity include the idea of ________ thinking or the ability to generate many different ideas.

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Question 11

Describe a problem that a student may encounter (either in or out of school) and show how one could solve that particular problem using each of the two general kinds of procedures outlined in the text. For each procedure, outline one advantage and one disadvantage.

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Question 12

A heuristic in which solutions are limited to those that have something in common with the problem one is currently working on is ________ thinking.

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Question 13

Case Studies
The eighth-grade class is preparing for its annual "School Scam Skit" in which it parodies amusing school events during the year. Alonzo discovers that, by mistake, the class has sold 500 tickets for an auditorium that has a seating capacity of 200. The auditorium is not available any other night, and the class doesn't have funds available to rent a suitable room elsewhere. Numerous possible solutions may exist, but the class is feeling panicked. Describe how a class committee might attempt to approach the problem using each of the following strategies. [Note: Some strategies might not be effective. Also, you do not need to derive a solution, given that you do not have all the information needed. The main interest is the procedures that you use.]
-Response set:

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Question 14

The sudden re-conceptualization or reorganization of a problem that clarifies it and suggests a possible solution is ________.

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Question 15

Case Studies
The eighth-grade class is preparing for its annual "School Scam Skit" in which it parodies amusing school events during the year. Alonzo discovers that, by mistake, the class has sold 500 tickets for an auditorium that has a seating capacity of 200. The auditorium is not available any other night, and the class doesn't have funds available to rent a suitable room elsewhere. Numerous possible solutions may exist, but the class is feeling panicked. Describe how a class committee might attempt to approach the problem using each of the following strategies. [Note: Some strategies might not be effective. Also, you do not need to derive a solution, given that you do not have all the information needed. The main interest is the procedures that you use.]
-Means-ends analysis:

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Question 16

A student who breaks down a task into several intermediate goals is using a ___________ approach to solving a problem.

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Question 17

An important part of becoming an expert in a field is ________ knowledge.

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Question 18

Mr. Tolbert comes to you because he is concerned about his son Jack. He describes Jack as being a risk-taker, easily bored, susceptible to day dreaming, intensely curious, and at times silly. He is concerned Jack may have some learning difficulties. What else might be going on with Jack?

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Question 19

Functional fixedness and response set are inappropriate strategies in dealing with new problems and are examples of negative _________.

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Question 20

Formulating new answers by going beyond the simple application of previously learned rules to reach a goal is ________.

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Quiz 9: Complex Cognitive Processes