Exam 3: Complex Cognitive Processes

Ms. Webster tells students,"The author of our history textbook knows what he's talking about. He's a well-respected scholar whose specialty is the period we're reading about this month: colonial America." Although such a statement might certainly be beneficial in some respects,it has which one of the following drawbacks?

Which one of the following problems is most likely to be solved with a heuristic rather than an algorithm?

Students often have trouble identifying the most important things to remember from a classroom lesson. Of the following four choices,on which occasion will students be most likely to identify something in a lesson as being important?

Tammy tells Mr. Brookes that she really wants to do well in his government class,but she doesn't seem to study the right things and so always get low scores on quizzes and tests. Before the next test,the two of them meet after school and create a list of questions she should try to answer as she reads and studies. This situation can best be described as:

Which is the best example of someone using a heuristic in problem solving?

Only one of the following students is definitely engaging in critical thinking. Which one?

Which one of the following students has an illusion of knowing?

Three of the following are examples of comprehension monitoring. Which one is not?

Meshawn is thinking about the many different ways in which the concept of a lever might be applied to everyday problems. Meshawn is exhibiting:

Which one of the following is the best example of positive transfer?

Nathan has been playing golf with his parents for many years. When he goes out for the school baseball team,he has trouble hitting the ball because he keeps confusing the swing of the bat with how he swings a golf club. Nathan's difficulty reflects:

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?

Which one of the following best illustrates a concept map?

In which one of the following situations are we most likely to find transfer?

Many children lack metacognitive knowledge. This is reflected in the fact that they:

Natalie is sometimes too impulsive when she answers multiple-choice questions on standardized achievement tests: She picks an answer before she has even read all the alternatives. Natalie knows she has a problem and would really like to change her behavior. The concept we can best use to help Natalie is:

Students' epistemic beliefs can best be described as students' views about:

Which one of the following pairs of students best illustrates a difference in epistemic beliefs?

Which one of the following illustrates the self-imposed contingencies aspect of self-regulation?

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?