Question 1

The main difficulty that occurs when students are too quick to decide what a problem asks is that they may

Accepted Answer

A) activate an inappropriate schema. 
B) become too reflective. 
C) experience overgeneralization. 
D) rely on heuristics instead of algorithms to solve it. 
A) activate an inappropriate schema. 
B) become too reflective. 
C) experience overgeneralization. 
D) rely on heuristics instead of algorithms to solve it. A

Question 2

Creativity is thought to be associated directly with what type of thinking?

Accepted Answer

A) Convergent 
B) Deductive reasoning 
C) Divergent thinking 
D) Intuitive 
A) Convergent 
B) Deductive reasoning 
C) Divergent thinking 
D) Intuitive C

Question 3

Metacognition involves only two kinds of knowledge: declarative knowledge,and procedural knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What can teachers do to support and encourage creativity in the classroom?

Accepted Answer

Teachers can encourage creativity by not

Question 5

Which strategy is NOT useful when one is trying to solve a problem?

Accepted Answer

A) analogical thinking 
B) functional fixedness 
C) verbalizing 
D) working-backward 
A) analogical thinking 
B) functional fixedness 
C) verbalizing 
D) working-backward

Question 6

Use of the READS method would probably have questionable benefits for

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A) children in early elementary school. 
B) encouraging a distributed practice schedule. 
C) high school students. 
D) improving recall of information from the text. 
A) children in early elementary school. 
B) encouraging a distributed practice schedule. 
C) high school students. 
D) improving recall of information from the text.

Question 7

Hernando looked at the problem and exclaimed: "Aha! This is just like when Ahab was obsessed with the great white whale,Moby Dick!" This comment is the result of

Accepted Answer

A) analogical thinking. 
B) deductive logic. 
C) overlearning. 
D) the generate-test method. 
A) analogical thinking. 
B) deductive logic. 
C) overlearning. 
D) the generate-test method.

Question 8

Michael was asked to devise as many uses for a brick as he could.After taking the assignment home to work on further,he came up with over 30 ideas,many of which were not proposed by any other student.All of Michael's ideas dealt with using a brick to break things.In what aspect of creativity proposed by Torrence is Michael lacking?

Accepted Answer

A) Flexibility 
B) Fluency 
C) Incubation 
D) Originality 
A) Flexibility 
B) Fluency 
C) Incubation 
D) Originality

Question 9

The inability to recognize unconventional uses of familiar objects represents a barrier to problem solving that is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

functional

Question 10

A pre-school teacher challenges her students to think about the many potential uses of a coffee pot beyond the typical use of serving coffee.One student could not move beyond her _____________________ and identify additional uses of the coffee pot beyond serving coffee.

Accepted Answer

functional

Question 11

Students who have sophisticated learning strategies,and know when to use them,also tend to have high self-efficacy for the learning task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The eighth-grade class is preparing for its annual "School Scam Skit" in which it parodies amusing school events during the year. Alonzo discovers that, by mistake, the class has sold 500 tickets for an auditorium that has a seating capacity of 200. The auditorium is not available any other night, and the class doesn't have funds available to rent a suitable room elsewhere. Numerous possible solutions may exist, but the class is feeling panicked. Describe how a class committee might attempt to approach the problem using each of the following strategies. [Note: Some strategies might not be effective. Also, you do not need to derive a solution, given that you do not have all the information needed. The main interest is the procedures that you use.]
-According to the above case study.Means-ends analysis:

Accepted Answer

Using a means-ends analysis approach to

Question 13

Making certain that you have the necessary declarative knowledge to understand new information will help to make you a(n)________ student.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Making certain that you have the necessary...

Question 14

Experts excel relative to novices in applying domain-specific knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Dividing a problem into a number of intermediate goals and then identifying a means of solving each subgoal is called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dividing a problem into a number of...

Question 16

When students do not have existing schemas that suggest an immediate solution to the problem,they must take a schema-driven route to solve the problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Production deficiencies are best described by

Accepted Answer

A) how students learn strategies but do not apply them when they could or should. 
B) how students can complete work but will cannot express themselves verbally. 
C) how students have incomplete learning of problem solving strategies. 
D) how students cannot construct effective concept maps even with the use of tools. 
A) how students learn strategies but do not apply them when they could or should. 
B) how students can complete work but will cannot express themselves verbally. 
C) how students have incomplete learning of problem solving strategies. 
D) how students cannot construct effective concept maps even with the use of tools.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge involved in metacognition?

Accepted Answer

A) declarative knowledge 
B) evaluative knowledge 
C) procedural knowledge 
D) self-regulatory knowledge 
A) declarative knowledge 
B) evaluative knowledge 
C) procedural knowledge 
D) self-regulatory knowledge

Question 19

Greg ponders over a math problem.He looks,frowns,and several minutes pass as he continues to study and shuffle his papers.All at once,he smiles,picks up his pencil,and writes down the correct answer.The suddenness of Greg's solution best exemplifies

Accepted Answer

A) functional fixedness. 
B) insight. 
C) problem representation. 
D) transfer. 
A) functional fixedness. 
B) insight. 
C) problem representation. 
D) transfer.

Question 20

Knowledge about out own thinking processes is _________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Knowledge about out own thinking processes is...

The main difficulty that occurs when students are too quick to decide what a problem asks is that they may

Creativity is thought to be associated directly with what type of thinking?

Metacognition involves only two kinds of knowledge: declarative knowledge,and procedural knowledge.

What can teachers do to support and encourage creativity in the classroom?

Which strategy is NOT useful when one is trying to solve a problem?

Use of the READS method would probably have questionable benefits for

Hernando looked at the problem and exclaimed: "Aha! This is just like when Ahab was obsessed with the great white whale,Moby Dick!" This comment is the result of

The inability to recognize unconventional uses of familiar objects represents a barrier to problem solving that is referred to as ________.

A pre-school teacher challenges her students to think about the many potential uses of a coffee pot beyond the typical use of serving coffee.One student could not move beyond her _____________________ and identify additional uses of the coffee pot beyond serving coffee.

Students who have sophisticated learning strategies,and know when to use them,also tend to have high self-efficacy for the learning task.

Making certain that you have the necessary declarative knowledge to understand new information will help to make you a(n)________ student.

Experts excel relative to novices in applying domain-specific knowledge.

Dividing a problem into a number of intermediate goals and then identifying a means of solving each subgoal is called ________.

When students do not have existing schemas that suggest an immediate solution to the problem,they must take a schema-driven route to solve the problem.

Production deficiencies are best described by

Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge involved in metacognition?

Greg ponders over a math problem.He looks,frowns,and several minutes pass as he continues to study and shuffle his papers.All at once,he smiles,picks up his pencil,and writes down the correct answer.The suddenness of Greg's solution best exemplifies

Knowledge about out own thinking processes is _________.

Learning, teaching, and Educational Psychology

Cognitive Development and Language

Self and Social and Moral Development

Learner Differences and Learning Needs

Language, language Diversity, and Immigrant Education

Culture and Diversity

Behavioural Views of Learning

Cognitive Views of Learning

The Learning Sciences and Constructivism

Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation

Motivation in Learning and Teaching

Creating Learning Environments

Teaching Every Student

Classroom Assessment,grading,and Testing

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Exam 9: Complex Cognitive Processes

The main difficulty that occurs when students are too quick to decide what a problem asks is that they may

Creativity is thought to be associated directly with what type of thinking?

Metacognition involves only two kinds of knowledge: declarative knowledge,and procedural knowledge.

What can teachers do to support and encourage creativity in the classroom?

Which strategy is NOT useful when one is trying to solve a problem?

Use of the READS method would probably have questionable benefits for

Hernando looked at the problem and exclaimed: "Aha! This is just like when Ahab was obsessed with the great white whale,Moby Dick!" This comment is the result of

The inability to recognize unconventional uses of familiar objects represents a barrier to problem solving that is referred to as ________.

A pre-school teacher challenges her students to think about the many potential uses of a coffee pot beyond the typical use of serving coffee.One student could not move beyond her _____________________ and identify additional uses of the coffee pot beyond serving coffee.

Students who have sophisticated learning strategies,and know when to use them,also tend to have high self-efficacy for the learning task.

Making certain that you have the necessary declarative knowledge to understand new information will help to make you a(n)________ student.

Experts excel relative to novices in applying domain-specific knowledge.

Dividing a problem into a number of intermediate goals and then identifying a means of solving each subgoal is called ________.

When students do not have existing schemas that suggest an immediate solution to the problem,they must take a schema-driven route to solve the problem.

Production deficiencies are best described by

Which of the following is NOT a type of knowledge involved in metacognition?

Greg ponders over a math problem.He looks,frowns,and several minutes pass as he continues to study and shuffle his papers.All at once,he smiles,picks up his pencil,and writes down the correct answer.The suddenness of Greg's solution best exemplifies

Knowledge about out own thinking processes is _________.

Learning, teaching, and Educational Psychology

Cognitive Development and Language

Self and Social and Moral Development

Learner Differences and Learning Needs

Language, language Diversity, and Immigrant Education

Culture and Diversity

Behavioural Views of Learning

Cognitive Views of Learning

The Learning Sciences and Constructivism

Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation

Motivation in Learning and Teaching

Creating Learning Environments

Teaching Every Student

Classroom Assessment,grading,and Testing

Filters