Exam 9: Complex Cognitive Processes

Develop a unique example of an analogy.

Which of the following is an effective approach to helping students to transfer learning?

Teachers can safely assume that students who show creative thinking skills in mathematics will also exhibit these skills in language and art.

Inductive reasoning is best described as which of the following?

Inductive reasoning involves reasoning from the general to the specific.

The faculty at Westwood Middle School discusses concerns they have about students' ability to engage in effective problem solving. Which of the following suggestions by faculty is not likely to be an effective strategy?

Create a classroom example of a teacher engaging the class in inductive reasoning. Using the same example, describe how the teacher could have alternatively asked students to engage in deductive reasoning.

Give an example of an academic divergent thinking activity.

Mrs. Diaz has introduced the problem of school vandalism in a faculty meeting. She understands there are multiple ways to address this problem and asks faculty to consider different possibilities in order to have a discussion at the next meeting. However, one teacher, Ms. Villeroy, vehemently protests, stating that there is no need for creative guesswork. The only way to effectively address this problem is to expel students. From what type of thinking has Ms. Villeroy responded to Mrs. Diaz's request?

Miss Wallace is discussing the issue of classroom management when one of the students, a girl named Rhonda, raises a concern about school violence, saying that she is sometimes afraid to come to school because she has heard other kids talking about bringing weapons to school. While Miss Wallace understands this is a delicate topic, she seeks to calm Rhonda by asking students to discuss ways both students and teachers might help to reduce school violence. Inadvertently, what kind of learning scenario has the class become engaged in?

Give an example of a classroom activity that walks through the four steps of the "rule-example" strategy.

List and define the two types of transfer that address the level of effort required on the part of the learner.

Develop a concept mapping exercise for a high-school basic psychology class. What would be important elements to the map?

Give an example of the brainstorming strategy to promote creative thinking.

A teacher who fosters critical thinking in students would most likely ask them to do which of the following?

The first step in solving a problem is to develop good problem-solving strategies.

If offering students opportunities to engage in real-life problem solving is a proven strategy to promoting students' problem-solving skills, what are three examples of activities that would offer such opportunity?

All of the following statements describe ways to encourage critical thinking in the classroom, except which one?

Draw a concept map for the areas of human development. Be sure to include the major theories and theorists associated with each area of development.

Which of the following statements about creativity is true?