Instructional Strategies
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Instructional Strategies explores a variety of methods and techniques educators can use to enhance student learning in diverse classroom environments. The course covers the design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional approaches tailored to different learning styles, content areas, and grade levels. Students will examine both traditional and innovative strategies, including direct instruction, cooperative learning, inquiry-based learning, and technology integration. Emphasis is placed on effective lesson planning, classroom management, and assessment practices to foster an engaging and inclusive learning atmosphere. Through practical activities and reflective practice, participants will develop the skills necessary to select and adapt instructional strategies to meet the needs of all learners.
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Educational Psychology Active Learning Edition 12th Edition by Anita Woolfolk
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Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Educational Psychology
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Q1) A correlational study is useful for helping to understand if one event causes another event to occur.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Explain how principles and theories are derived.Discuss how knowledge of a theory (e.g. ,classroom management)can be helpful to a classroom teacher. Answer: Principles come from seeing patterns in situations or research findings.For example a teacher may derive a principle after noticing the effect of a specific classroom management strategy on student achievement.A theory is a teacher's explicit explanation about a phenomenon.For example,a teacher might development a prediction about why the classroom management impacts student achievement.Principles help in solving specific problems,whereas,theories provide a more broad framework for deriving new solutions to problems.
Q3) Schools are evaluated based on test schools,which indicate if their students are making ________.
Answer: Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP)
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Chapter 2: Cognitive Development
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Q1) Knowing Mason's behaviors,how might a teacher work with him to improve his performances on the fractions and percentages unit?
Answer: The teacher may want to integrate a physical education unit on basketball with a mathematics lesson.Mason would get the concrete experience recommended by Piaget.He would also be involved in a highly social activity,which would be supported by both Piaget and Vygotsky's theories.The basketball team could be instructed to plan and monitor their basketball activities in order to solve the math problem.
Q2) According to Vygotsky,scaffolding represents
A)a barrier or a block to solving a problem.
B)a plateau that children reach before progressing to a new stage.
C)artificial support,such as notes,on which children can rely while learning.
D)external support for helping children solve problems on their own.
Answer: D
Q3) Neo-Piagetian theorists are concerned with how attention,memory,and strategy use relate to Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Self, Social, and Moral Development
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Q1) Adolescents who do not experiment with different identities or consider a range of options are experiencing identity diffusion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) A "punishment-obedience" orientation characterizes Kohlberg's stage of moral reasoning known as ________.
Answer: preconventional
Q3) Which age group is most likely to have the lowest prevalence of overweight individuals?
A)adolescents between the ages of 16 through 18.
B)children between the ages 2 through 5.
C)newborns to age 2.
D)children between the ages of 9 through 12.
Answer: B
Q4) In adulthood,one of the conflicts that people must face is stagnation vs.________.
Answer: generativity
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Chapter 4: Learner Differences and Learning Needs
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Q1) An individual who can retrieve information from his or her memory with great speed is demonstrating a high level of crystallized intelligence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An IEP should be prepared by a team that includes the child's parents or guardians.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A teacher who knows how to effectively use cooperative learning in his or her classroom is demonstrating
A)naturalist intelligence.
B)speed of processing.
C)linguistic intelligence.
D)crystallized intelligence.
Q4) What psychologist developed the concept of mental age?
A)Binet
B)Gardner
C)Sternberg
D)Wechsler
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Chapter 5: Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education
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Q1) What strategy or strategies might you use to help the new students succeed in your class?
Q2) It is difficult for most students whose original language is a dialect to learn the standard speech of their country.
A)True
B)False
Q3) By what age do most children master the sounds of their native language?
A)5
B)9 months
C)7
D)2
Q4) The assumption underlying the cultural deficit model was that many ethnic groups did not want to assimilate completely into mainstream American society.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Critical periods and sensitive periods are synonymous terms that mean the same thing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Culture and Diversity
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Q1) In a study of the effects of a negative stereotype on college students' standardized test performances,similar results were found for both African-American and Caucasian students.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to James Banks,the notion that all students,regardless of race or background,should have equal opportunities to learn in school is directly supported by the ________ education movement.
Q3) Differences in cultural values as well as the dangers of neighborhoods may make the strategy of less parental control both appropriate and useful for children's learning.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The learning style of Native Americans appears to be
A)field-independent.
B)global,analytic.
C)global,visual.
D)reasoning by inference.
Q5) The commonly used index of wealth,power,and influence is ________.
Q6) Discuss the assumptions and goals of multicultural education.
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Chapter 7: Behavioral Views of Learning
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Q1) The concluding step of the self-management process is
A)evaluating progress.
B)goal-setting.
C)recording progress.
D)self-reinforcement.
Q2) Ms.Tolleson is effectively using social isolation when she removes Mark,who is being disruptive,for a period of 60 minutes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a contingency contract program,teachers set up
A)a group performance contract with each class.
B)individual performance contracts with each student.
C)"reward contracts" as models for misbehaving students.
D)punishment contracts with students who misbehave.
Q4) Contingency contract
Q5) Breaking complex performances into sub-skills and sub-processes is part of a systematic procedure called ________.
Q6) The influences of external events or behavior are the focus of ________ learning theories.
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Chapter 8: Cognitive Views of Learning
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Q1) Dr.Beach used to be a typical 'absent minded professor.' However,she found that she could remember the things her husband asked her to pick up at the grocery store by imagining the items she needed placed on her desk,bookshelf,and file cabinet.The mnemonic device that she used is
A)an acronym.
B)chunking.
C)the keyword method.
D)the loci method.
Q2) Top-down processing is distinguished by its reliance on a(n)
A)assembly of elements into a meaningful pattern.
B)downward scanning of the eyes.
C)search for familiar features or elements.
D)understanding of the context of a situation.
Q3) The information processing model of memory involves encoding,storage,and ________ of information.
Q4) Apply the concepts of massed vs.distributed practice to suggest an effective strategy that Taylor might employ to improve his performance.
Q5) Compare and contrast long-term and working memory with regard to storage,capacity,and retrieval.
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Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes
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Q1) A procedure that is guaranteed to accomplish a particular goal when correctly implemented is called a(n)
A)algorithm.
B)heuristic approach.
C)theorem.
D)working-backward strategy.
Q2) Woolfolk suggests the first step in problem solving should be to identify as many solutions as possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the retention phase of transfer,teachers should provide plenty of practice with feedback in order for students to hone their strategy use.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An example of backward-reaching transfer in which you search for other,related situations is ________ thinking.
Q5) Means-ends analysis:
Q6) ________ is a general plan for approaching a learning task.
Q7) Overlearning:
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Chapter 10: The Learning Sciences and Constructivism
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Q1) Would the use of social negotiation and shared responsibility help Mr.Butler to create a cohesive group among the students? Explain.
Q2) Marible was assigned the role of making sure her group understands the learning task.Her role is referred to as the A)reflector.
B)quiet captain.
C)checker.
D)gatekeeper.
Q3) In cooperative learning groups,the role of the student who makes certain no one dominates the group is called the A)checker.
B)coach.
C)gatekeeper.
D)taskmaster.
Q4) In using cooperative learning,it is recommended that teachers
A)do not assign any roles in advance.
B)assign roles only to one or two students.
C)use the assignment of roles as a way to encourage participation.
D)grade students based on how well they performed their role.
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Chapter 11: Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation
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Q1) Which one of the following teaching approaches does Lynn Fuch (2003)recommend for incorporating self-regulated learning strategies into math-problem solving?
A)Self-regulated learning strategies should not be taught in math classes until high school because younger students do not have the cognitive maturity to employ the appropriate learning strategies.
B)Teachers should assess student's level of volition.
C)Students should not discuss their problem-solving strategies with other students because this can lead to cheating and students not solving the problem on his or her own.
D)At the beginning of each session,students should set new goals based on their previous math performance.
Q2) According to Bandura,expectations are part of which one of the elements that comprise reciprocal causality?
A)Behavioral factors
B)Environmental factors
C)Personal factors
D)Social factors
Q3) Self-regulated learners are ________ to learn.
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Chapter 12: Motivation in Learning and Teaching
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Q1) The need to experience choice and control in what we do and how we do it is called
Q2) Learned helplessness often causes the following three types of deficits:
A)motivational,cognitive,and affective
B)self-esteem,self-efficacy,and self-evaluation
C)intrinsic,extrinsic,and motivation
D)behavioral,cognitive,and humanistic
Q3) Anxiety can interfere with attention,learning,and testing even at the same time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Whenever Matt appears to be having difficulty in completing his science laboratory work,Ms.Butterfield quickly offers to help him and encourages him to continue working.According to Graham (1991),Ms.Butterfield's behavior is likely to result in Matt developing
A)an enhanced sense of self-efficacy.
B)an incremental view of his ability.
C)doubts about his ability.
D)external-unstable attributions.
Q5) Personal freedom,choice,intrinsic motivation,and self-determination are emphasized in ________ theories of motivation.
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Chapter 13: Creating Learning Environments
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Q1) If a learning goal is very important and the relationship of the people involved is important,what strategy is recommended for managing the conflict?
A)Compromise
B)Confrontation
C)Force
D)Withdrawal
Q2) Classrooms contain many different people with differing values,attitudes,and goals.This is why classrooms are said by Doyle to be A)multidimensional.
B)simultaneous.
C)unpredictable.
D)public.
Q3) Sherry's class knows that different behaviors are expected (and tolerated)during different kinds of activities.It is likely that her class has a good understanding of A)each activity's goal.
B)participation structures.
C)self-management techniques.
D)structuring rules.
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Chapter 14: Teaching Every Student
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Q1) What is the taxonomic domain of the following objective? "After learning about the properties of magnetism,students will build a vacuum and observe whether there is magnetic behavior present."
A)Action
B)Affective
C)Cognitive
D)Psychomotor
Q2) The constructivist approach to planning learning experiences emphasizes what roles for teachers and students?
A)Both students and teachers determine the content and activities,but teachers select the learning strategy to be used.
B)Students and teachers together determine the content,activities,and learning strategies to be used.
C)Students determine the broad learning goals,while teachers determine the specific learning objectives and activities.
D)Teachers determine the learning goals,activities,and strategies for optimal learning.
Q3) The heart of the recitation method of teaching is ________.
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Chapter 15: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing
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Q1) In a normal distribution,a T-score of 60 is equal to approximately what percentile rank?
A)60
B)84
C)95
D)99
Q2) What score-reporting method decreases competition among students by representing the widest range of raw scores?
A)Percentile ranks
B)Stanines
C)T-scores
D)z-scores
Q3) Evaluate the situation at Dexter Elementary relative to the issue of high-stakes testing.Explain how standardized achievement tests can influence the curriculum at schools using high-stakes tests.
Q4) Both criterion-referenced and norm-referenced report cards indicate student progress toward specific goals.
A)True
B)False
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