Exam 7: Knowledge Construction

Luke approaches you before class and expresses his frustration about having done so poorly on yesterday's exam."I studied for hours and hours," he tells you."I guess I'm just not a very good test-taker." You know that your test was a good measure of what you taught your students.You also know that students seldom do poorly on your tests simply because they are poor test-takers.Considering the discussion in the textbook regarding study strategies, what other possible explanation might you give Luke as to why he thought he knew the material well yet earned a low test score.And with your explanation in mind, describe a strategy you might teach him for improving his performance next time.

Distributed cognition can best be described as:

Which of the following best describes a classroom where teachers and students work together actively and cooperatively?

Which one of these is an example of undergeneralization?

Which one of the following recommendations is consistent with current beliefs about transfer?

Imagine that you are teaching a course in educational psychology to future teachers.You want your students to transfer what they learn in your course to how they teach their students.Describe three strategies you might use to help your students apply what they learn in your class to their own teaching practices.

Which one of the following students is elaborating as he takes notes in class?

Which one of the following statements best describes a personal theories view of knowledge construction?

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

When educators use the expression "less is more" in their discussions of transfer and problem solving, they mean that:

Which one of the following situations illustrates the phenomenon of overgeneralization in concept learning?

Three of the following teaching strategies are likely to help students acquire a conceptual understanding of classroom subject matter.Which strategy, though possibly beneficial for other reasons, is least likely to promote conceptual understanding?

Which one of the following situations illustrates negative transfer?

Your textbook offers general strategies that promote higher-level thinking skills that can be useful in inclusive classrooms.Identify how you would promote higher-level thinking skills in all your students by providing three general strategies along with specific, concrete examples of what you might do in your inclusive classroom to promote higher-level thinking skills among students with specific special educational needs.

Which one of the following situations best illustrates the process of elaborative interrogation?

Which one of the following is a strategy commonly used by successful learners?

From the perspective of knowledge construction, three of the following are possible reasons why classroom dialogues help students better understand classroom subject matter.Which one is not necessarily a benefit of classroom dialogues?

The surest sign that your students have mastered a concept is that they can:

Ms.Villeneuve has her students engage in a variety of activities in her middle school geography class.Three of the activities described below are authentic activities.Which one is not an authentic activity as educational psychologists define the term?

Which one of the following is the best example of critical thinking as the textbook defines the term?