Exam 14: Metacognition, Self-Regulated Learning, and Study Strategies

To remember the four states that come together at a single point (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah), Marcia remembers "CANU" (pronounced like "canoe"). Marcia's technique illustrates the use of:

Intentional learning, as described in the textbook, would be most important for which one of the following learning tasks?

With research on effective study skills in mind, identify the strategy that you should recommend to a high school student who really wants to do well in her classes but who consistently has trouble learning and remembering classroom subject matter.

Three of the following statements accurately describe environmental influences on the development of epistemic beliefs. Which statement is not accurate?

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

When students are reading a textbook, their comprehension monitoring is most effective if it occurs:

Given research on effective study skills, which one of the following techniques should you not recommend to a struggling student?

Explain how learners' epistemic beliefs may vary in terms of each of the following:

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

The German word for "rabbit" is Kaninchen. Develop two different mnemonics for remembering this vocabulary word, one using each of these two techniques: a. Verbal mediation b. The keyword method

Three of the following examples are consistent with how epistemic beliefs typically change as learners grow older. Which one is not consistent with typical developmental trends in epistemic beliefs?

John is a high school sophomore who has just taken a course in effective study strategies. Yet John continues to use rote memorization (e.g., rehearsal) as the primary way that he studies class material. Drawing from the textbook's discussion of metacognition and study strategies, describe at least four reasons why John isn't using his newly learned strategies, even those these strategies should ultimately help him learn more effectively over the long run.

Note taking has a number of beneficial effects on learning and retention of information. Which one of the following is not an effect of note taking?

Three of the following are examples of comprehension monitoring. Which one is not?

In which one of the following examples is metacognition most clearly illustrated?

Which one of the following best illustrates the concept of epistemic doubt?