Exam 11: Sociocultural Theory and Other Contextual Perspectives

From a Vygotskian perspective, scaffolding serves what purpose in instruction?

Identify an instructional objective that might be achieved through an authentic activity. Then, in one or two paragraphs, describe the nature of the authentic activity.

Pick a topic that you might effectively teach through a cooperative learning approach. Then, using guidelines presented in the textbook, describe how you will: a. Form your cooperative groups b. Foster interdependence of group members c. Assess what students have learned

In three of the following situations, interactions with peers might promote considerable learning. In which situation is an interaction with an adult rather than with peers) more likely to be beneficial?

Which one of the following teachers is using reciprocal teaching?

Using the guidelines presented in the textbook regarding when classroom discussions are most valuable, choose the topic below that would be most appropriate for a classroom discussion.

Ms. Villanueva has her students engage in a variety of activities in her middle school geography class. Three of the activities described below are authentic activities. Which one is not an authentic activity?

Three of the following are potential drawbacks to instructional techniques that depend heavily on student discussion. Which one is least likely to be a drawback?

Several parents who are making costumes for an elementary school play ask the young cast members to assist them with such tasks as cutting fabric, pinning pieces together, and sewing simple hems. Using the language of Vygotskian theorists, we can say that the parents are:

Which one of the following best reflects technology-based collaborative learning as the textbook describes it?

According to the textbook, which is the following is a cognitive benefit of video-games?

Which of the following most closely defines Uri Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory?

If you were to criticize Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development in a way that contemporary theorists sometimes do, which one of the following would you be most likely to say?

After explaining what sines and cosines are, a high school math teacher shows students how they might use these concepts in constructing a large building. Which one of the following principles does this scenario best illustrate?

Three of the following are definite examples of scaffolding. Identify the situation in which no scaffolding is described.