Exam 9: Complex Cognitive Processes

Describe what is meant by "belief perseverance."

An important teaching goal is to help students master the main concepts in a subject rather than just memorizing facts.

Evaluate and defend why the use of concept mapping would help students to grasp more than a rote understanding of academic subject matter.

Which of the following is the best example of problem-based learning?

As Mr. Donahue finishes the day's topic, he realizes many of his students have quizzical looks that reflect confusion. After a question-and-answer period, Mr. Donahue is still not satisfied his class fully understands the lesson. He then proceeds to ask students to reflect on their lesson from the first semester that related to the topic at hand. After carefully explaining the connection between the two subject matters, he notices students begin to smile and show evident relief for finally grasping the new concept. What type of transfer has Mr. Donahue led students to engage in?

Students can become better thinkers when asked to solve real-world problems that have no single answer or solution.

When students engage in a decision-making process about whether an item belongs to a category, they are engaging in which of the following?

Ms. Shawnasee has gone to meet one of her old education professors to ask for help in aiding her students' transfer of learning. Which of the following pieces of advice would the professor be most likely to offer?

Which of the following is not an effective approach to helping students to transfer learning?

Ms. Jackson gives each table of students a box of items that includes dolls, crayons, pencils, rulers, erasers, books, and glue. She then asks students to work together in order to select out those items that belong to the category of toys. What has Ms. Jackson asked her students to do?

Why does the use of concepts aid remembering?

Outline a lesson plan that will facilitate students' transfer of learning.

A concept is best described as which of the following?

Prototype matching is best described as which of the following?

In order to enhance transfer of learning, teachers must give students opportunities for real-world learning. Give an example of real-world learning in an elementary classroom.

Distinguish low-road transfer from high-road transfer.

If Natalie engages in forward-reaching transfer, which of the following is TRUE?

Alanis is sitting down after school to examine the research project she has been assigned in her high- school history class. She has learned in class about steps needed to ensure a healthy economy. Now she must analyze the specific reasons behind the Great Depression in American history. Which type of thinking has her teacher asked her to engage in?

When a student applies new skills or strategies to rethink how he or she can approach a new situation, this student has accomplished which of the following?

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them.