Exam 8: The Nature of Knowledge

According to the textbook, we will form a connection between a new piece of information and something we already know only if:

Nora was thinking about something else the day her teacher explained the difference between the words between and among, so she has trouble using these two prepositions correctly. Nora's problem "remembering" the difference between the words can probably best be explained as:

Which one of the following statements best illustrates prior knowledge activation in a geometry lesson?

Richard is studying both French and Spanish. In the same week he learns that the French word for "mother" is mère and that the Spanish word for "mother" is madre. One day his French teacher asks Richard, "Who is married to your father?" and Richard erroneously answers, "Madre." Richard's memory error can best be explained in terms of:

Three of these teachers will probably promote meaningful learning in their students. Which one is unlikely to do so?

Which one of the following students is definitely demonstrating automaticity in word recognition?

When Gianna returns to college after a summer touring France, she tells her roommate about her many experiences. She does not always remember them accurately, however, so she fills in the gaps in her memory with logical details about how things "must" have happened. Several weeks later, she is telling another friend about her trip. Gianna will probably:

To remind her 6-year-old son Steven to bring his umbrella home from school, a mother pins a piece of paper with a picture of an umbrella to Steven's jacket collar. Steven's mother is helping him remember the umbrella through the use of:

After meeting a new neighbor, Shandra mistakenly calls him "David" on several occasions. Eventually the neighbor kindly corrects her, saying, "My name is actually Darren." After that, Shandra correctly calls the man "Darren," but initially she has to work hard not to call him "David" instead. Which one of the following concepts best characterizes the change in Shandra's memory?

A revision of Bloom's taxonomy published in 2001 described in the textbook) can help teachers consider not only the various types of cognitive processes that should be encouraged but also the:

Jeff wants to remember the twelve signs of the zodiac: Aries ram), Taurus bull), Gemini twins), Cancer crab), Leo lion), Virgo virgin), Libra balance), Scorpio scorpion), Sagittarius archer), Capricorn goat), Aquarius water carrier), and Pisces fish). He does not necessarily want to remember them in any particular order. Considering research results described in the textbook, which one of the following techniques will maximize Jeff's chances of remembering all twelve?

Mr. Gaydos wants to teach a group of people how to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Three of the following strategies should help his students learn the maneuver more effectively. Given what we know about teaching procedural knowledge, which strategy is least likely to be effective in helping students learn the procedure correctly?

A teacher who wants students to elaborate on the material they are studying would be well advised to:

Nicole learns the formula "E = mc²" by repeating it to herself over and over again. Which one of the following processes is Nicole most clearly demonstrating?

Three of the following statements are examples of possible advance organizers for a geometry lesson. Which statement is not an advance organizer as the term is typically defined?

Generally speaking, elaboration helps students learn new information. An exception to this rule is when students elaborate on this information:

A student reads the statement, "To be or not to be, that is the quastion," and fails to notice the typographical error in the word question. This proofreading error can best be explained by considering the role of _________ in long-term memory storage.

Robert does not recognize the police officer that came to the door last month to tell him that his dog had been killed by a car. Robert's lapse of memory can probably best be explained in terms of:

An advantage of knowing some skills to a level of automaticity is that automaticity:

Ms. Iwata has a long-term goal for her science students-to consider what they have learned about science as they deal with issues and problems in their daily lives. Which one of the following teaching strategies will best help her students retrieve relevant scientific principles in situations where the principles might be applied?