Exam 6: Learning and Cognitive Processes

To help herself learn the early explorers of the New World, Jessica makes a chart that lists the Spanish explorers together, the Portuguese explorers together, the French explorers together, and so on.Which one of the following processes is Jessica most clearly demonstrating?

Lucy sees a boy who looks very familiar to her, but she cannot remember who he is.Then the boy says something with a thick French accent, and Lucy suddenly realizes that he is the foreign exchange student from France.In this situation, the boy's French accent helps Lucy remember by:

The principal at your school has recently attended a workshop on brain-based teaching in inclusive classrooms and asks you to incorporate some of the information into your diverse classroom.Describe how you might do this to address all the needs of your students while considering some of the cautions that were outlined in your textbook.

Sadie hears her teacher say, "Seven times nine is sixty-three," and immediately repeats this math fact to herself three times.Five minutes later, Sadie cannot respond correctly when her teacher asks, "What is seven times nine?" Based on this information, how far in Sadie's memory system did the math fact probably get?

Three of the following are examples of mnemonics.Which one is not a mnemonic?

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

Which of the following best describes the role of attention and information processing techniques in inclusive settings?

Mr.Gaydos wants to teach his students 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?

Three of the following teachers are using strategies that should help students learn information effectively.Which one is not necessarily promoting effective cognitive processing?

A biology teacher wants students to remember the various components of a cell.Considering what research tells us about encoding and retrieval, the teacher would be well advised to help students encode information about the cell:

Eunice had trouble learning the formula for calculating the area of a circle, so she is saying it to herself over and over again while the teacher passes out the geometry test.Eunice is demonstrating: