Deck 5: Philosophical and Psychological Theories: How Do Children Learn

Question 1

Which of the following best expresses why it is good for teachers to understand multiple learning styles and multiple forms of intelligence?

A) Assessment and grading are simpler.
B) This perspective offers more ways to label students.
C) One can more effectively teach students with varying needs.
D) There are many well-validated curricula that use this perspective.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Piaget's stages are important to education because they indicate that

A) children cannot learn before they are ready.
B) the curricular content for each stage is the same.
C) learning only occurs at particular stages of life.
D) teachers must help children to get through the stages.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Jane Roland Martin advocates an approach to education that increases the value placed on

A) nurture and caring.
B) science and math.
C) art and literature.
D) philosophy.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Aristotle based his approach to learning on

A) religion.
B) argumentation.
C) observation and contemplation.
D) a form of mathematical mysticism.

Question 5

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophy of education was based on the pursuit of

A) individual freedom.
B) social order.
C) inner peace.
D) God's will.

Question 6

The scholar bell hooks urges teachers to cross traditional boundaries. Which of the following best summarizes what this means?

A) Link Science with the Math curriculum.
B) Address issues and ideas outside the curriculum.
C) Reject the concept of courses of study.
D) Experiment with new pedagogies.

Question 7

In Paideia Proposal, Mortimer Adler contends that the best way to ensure that all children receive a quality education is to

A) discover how each child learns best.
B) position teachers as guides but not authority figures.
C) teach everyone the same curriculum using the same standards.
D) promote individual exploration without making value judgments.

Question 8

Learning from experience is a theme most closely associated with the educational philosophy of

A) Plato.
B) John Dewey.
C) Mortimer Adler.
D) Jane Roland Martin.

Question 9

Howard Gardner began the line of inquiry that led to his theory of multiple forms of intelligence because

A) he felt the single-general-intelligence approach did not adequately model the real world.
B) no one in the academic world was satisfied with the general intelligence model.
C) his application for college was rejected because of a low IQ score.
D) people with low IQs achieved the greatest successes.

Question 10

The learning style that learns best from reading is the ________ style.

A) visual
B) auditory
C) kinesthetic
D) interpersonal

Question 11

Traditional schooling is believed to most strongly favor ________ learners.

A) visual
B) auditory
C) kinesthetic
D) interpersonal

Question 12

Fundamental to Vygotsky's theory is that learning is a(n) ________ process.

A) introspective
B) behavioral
C) random
D) social