Question 1

The assumption that highlights the idea that thinking is located in social and physical contexts refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

While all the answer choices refer to social constructivist terms, choice "a" best captures the above assumption.

Question 2

If attempting to promote situated cognition in group learning, teachers should do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Situations that are similar to real-life scenarios are more likely to transfer because knowledge is connected to the context in which the knowledge developed.

Question 3

Which of the following is not a characteristic of social constructivist classrooms?

Accepted Answer

Individual learning scenarios are not as emphasized as much as the collaborative nature of learning.

Question 4

Which of the following activities provides the greatest opportunity for children to construct knowledge by social interaction?

Accepted Answer

Brainstorming is a social activity, as is working on a class project such as a skit.

Question 5

Which of the following distinguishes constructivism from social constructivism?

Accepted Answer

Both constructivism and social constructivism emphasize the active construction of knowledge, but only social constructivism highlights the social contexts of learning.

Question 6

Which of the following teachers best exemplifies social constructivist thinking?

Accepted Answer

Only choice "c" involves knowledge that is mutually constructed.

Question 7

Which of the following teachers best exemplifies social constructivist thinking?

Accepted Answer

Only choice "d" emphasizes teaching that facilitates the mutual construction of knowledge in a social setting.

Question 8

Which of the following activities builds off the construct of situated cognition?

Accepted Answer

Only choice "d" reflects the belief that thinking is located within the context in that it makes a clear connection of academic content to an appropriate social or physical setting.

Question 9

When a teacher changes the level of support provided to a student according to the student's performance level, the teacher is engaging the student in which of the following strategies?

Accepted Answer

Scaffolding refers to changing the level of support over the course of a teaching session to match the performance level of the student.

Question 10

In general, a student is more likely to feel embarrassed when tutored by which of the following individuals?

Accepted Answer

In most cases, cross-age tutoring works better than same-age tutoring. With same-age tutoring, negative social comparisons can develop.

Question 11

When using peer tutoring, all of the following strategies are recommended except which one?

Accepted Answer

Cross-age tutoring is recommended over same-age tutoring because students can be embarrassed when tutored by peers of the same age.

Question 12

Cooperative learning groups vary in size, but typically consist of how many students?

Accepted Answer

Groups of four are most common. Sometimes groups of two also work well.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive apprenticeship in which parents may involve their preschool children?

Accepted Answer

Many American parents involve their children in cognitive apprenticeships during the preschool years, including reading picture books, extensive verbal communication, and scaffolding.

Question 14

Which of the following is an individual tutoring program that has been developed for students experiencing difficulty in learning to read?

Accepted Answer

Reading Recovery offers daily thirty-minute reading tutorial sessions for students having reading difficulty.

Question 15

Which of the following is a tutoring program that includes a systematic reading program on phonics, vocabulary development, and story telling?

Accepted Answer

This description matches the Success for All (SFA) tutorial program for reading instruction developed by Slavin.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a strategy proposed for use with peer tutoring?

Accepted Answer

While this may seem an efficient way to focus on your instruction to the remainder of the class, training tutors is a recommended strategy because it will afford them with the strategies to most effectively tutor other students.

Question 17

_______ refers to the cooperative learning model where each team member is responsible for a part of the larger goal. Teams break up and meet up with team members from other teams responsible for focusing on the same section.

Accepted Answer

This description best matches the Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Method whereby students are each responsible for a "piece of the puzzle."

Question 18

_______ refers to the cooperative learning method that emphasizes the following elements: face-to- face interaction, positive interdependence, individual accountability, and development of interpersonal group skills.

Accepted Answer

This description best matches the Learning Together model where an emphasis is put on socioemotional development in addition to academic content.

Question 19

_______ refers to the cooperative learning method that emphasizes students being involved in reciprocal pairs where they take turns summarizing information and presenting summaries to each other.

Accepted Answer

This description best matches the Cooperative Scripting method that emphasizes reciprocal teaching and oral presentation.

Question 20

Which of the following is not listed as a level at which cooperation should be encouraged?

Accepted Answer

Only cooperation in reference to classroom assessment is not listed.

Quiz 10: Social Constructivist Approaches

The assumption that highlights the idea that thinking is located in social and physical contexts refers to which of the following?

If attempting to promote situated cognition in group learning, teachers should do which of the following?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of social constructivist classrooms?

Which of the following activities provides the greatest opportunity for children to construct knowledge by social interaction?

Which of the following distinguishes constructivism from social constructivism?

Which of the following teachers best exemplifies social constructivist thinking?

Which of the following teachers best exemplifies social constructivist thinking?

Which of the following activities builds off the construct of situated cognition?

When a teacher changes the level of support provided to a student according to the student's performance level, the teacher is engaging the student in which of the following strategies?

In general, a student is more likely to feel embarrassed when tutored by which of the following individuals?

When using peer tutoring, all of the following strategies are recommended except which one?

Cooperative learning groups vary in size, but typically consist of how many students?

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive apprenticeship in which parents may involve their preschool children?

Which of the following is an individual tutoring program that has been developed for students experiencing difficulty in learning to read?

Which of the following is a tutoring program that includes a systematic reading program on phonics, vocabulary development, and story telling?

Which of the following is not a strategy proposed for use with peer tutoring?

_______ refers to the cooperative learning model where each team member is responsible for a part of the larger goal. Teams break up and meet up with team members from other teams responsible for focusing on the same section.

_______ refers to the cooperative learning method that emphasizes the following elements: face-to- face interaction, positive interdependence, individual accountability, and development of interpersonal group skills.

_______ refers to the cooperative learning method that emphasizes students being involved in reciprocal pairs where they take turns summarizing information and presenting summaries to each other.

Which of the following is not listed as a level at which cooperation should be encouraged?