Exam 7: Knowledge Construction

Ms.Murphy asks students to write a proposal on how to decrease greenhouse gasses based on the information that car exhaust contributes significantly to the problem.Ms.Murphy's activity is an example of:

Research tells us that students' misconceptions about a topic are often quite resistant to change, yet sometimes misconceptions must change if students are to acquire an accurate understanding of the world around them. a.Describe three different reasons that psychologists have offered as to why students' misconceptions are sometimes resistant to change. b.Describe at least three teaching strategies that theorists believe should help students change their misconceptions about the world.

From the perspective of cognitive psychology, why should we not expect students to solve complex problems in their heads?

Which one of the following best describes the general relationship between instructional time and transfer?

Students in a typical classroom are least likely to get:

Which one of the following examples most clearly illustrates how mental set can interfere with problem solving?

Which one of the four teachers below is most likely to facilitate problem solving in the classroom?

Three of the following are suggested strategies to promote higher-level thinking skills among students with general cognitive and social delays.Which one of the following will not necessarily promote these skills?

Which one of the following scenarios best reflects the basic idea of individual constructivism?

Which one of the following examples illustrates conceptual change?

Imagine that you are a high school principal who wants students to develop effective study strategies before they graduate.Which of the following approaches would be the best one to take?

Which one of the following best illustrates concept mapping?

Wendy sees a picture of a beach and then later tries to draw the picture from memory.She draws shells on the beach even though the beach in the picture had no shells.Using cognitive psychologists' concept of schema, how could we explain Wendy's error?

A student who has an illusion of knowing is most likely to:

Canadian researchers (Shore et al., 2008) who study inquiry-based instruction argue that:

Canadian researchers looking at computer networks in relation to communities of learners have found that:

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

If we want to enhance students' metacognitive processes during problem solving, we would be most likely to:

Three of the following strategies illustrate the use of metacognitive processes in problem solving.Which strategy is least metacognitive in nature?

A triangle is a ____ ____ of the concept square.