Teaching and Learning Theories
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Course Introduction
This course explores foundational and contemporary theories of teaching and learning, examining how students acquire knowledge, develop skills, and construct understanding in educational settings. Topics include behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, social learning theories, and humanistic approaches, with an emphasis on applying theoretical perspectives to classroom practices. Students will critically analyze the effectiveness of different teaching methods, assess the role of motivation and attention in learning, and investigate the influence of cultural, social, and psychological factors on educational outcomes. Through case studies and reflective practice, the course prepares future educators to design and implement evidence-based instruction tailored to diverse learner needs.
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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) When findings in a given area repeatedly support the same conclusion,a(n)________ can be derived.
Answer: principle
Q2) According to Woolfolk,over time,theories
A)have returned to the core ideas set forth years ago by Sigmund Freud.
B)have become less important in educational research and practice.
C)have become more systematic and scientific.
D)are less scientific compared to ten years ago.
Answer: C
Q3) What size or direction of correlation coefficient is likely to be obtained between children's ages (from five to 13 years)and the distance that they can long jump?
A)Close to zero
B)Either +1.00 or -1.00
C)Negative
D)Positive
Answer: D
Q4) When beginning teachers confront everyday classroom life,they often experience
Answer: reality shock
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Chapter 2: Cognitive Development
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Q1) Define Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and explain how it relates to the problem of matching cognitive stages with instructional strategies.
Answer: The zone of proximal development is the point when a child can master a task if given appropriate help and support.It suggests that students should have to reach a bit to understand,with the necessary support of parents,teachers,and peers.Such support is called scaffolding.Vygotsky's ideas suggest that students should be guided by explanations,demonstrations,and cooperative learning within their zone of proximal development.Use of private speech should also be encouraged in order to help organize thinking.
Q2) Guided participation in the classroom is an example of ________ learning. Answer: assisted
Q3) The process of making an orderly arrangement of objects from large to small or vice versa is called ________.
Answer: seriation
Q4) The ability to reason abstractly and deductively occurs during the Piagetian stage of ________.
Answer: formal operations
Q5) The specialization of the two hemispheres of the brain is called ________.
Answer: lateralization
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Chapter 3: The Self, Social, and Moral Development
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Q1) Seventeen-year-old Carl has considered several career options and has developed a firm career goal.Carl is experiencing identity
A)achievement.
B)diffusion.
C)foreclosure.
D)moratorium.
Answer: A
Q2) Adolescents who do not experiment with different identities or consider a range of options experience identity ________.
Answer: foreclosure
Q3) According to Erikson,children's first development crisis is resolving initiative vs.guilt.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) While moral issues involve the basic rights of individuals,rules and expectations of a particular group of people that are established arbitrarily are ________.
Answer: social conventions
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Chapter 4: Learner Differences and Learning Needs
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Q1) The use of labels to describe exceptional children has both positive and negative consequences.Discuss those consequences in terms of their impact on the students and the regular classroom teacher.
Q2) What is your overall reaction to the superintendent's program? What aspects,if any do you like? What aspects,if any,do you dislike?
Q3) 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
Q4) The largest category of students with disabilities consists of students with ________.
Q5) The type of intelligence that increases until adolescence and then gradually declines with age is ________.
Q6) Which one of the following statements is TRUE about intelligence?
A)It is generally regarded today to be a poor predictor of academic achievement.
B)It is theorized to be a collection of abilities by many psychologists.
C)The first formal intelligence testing was conducted by Plato.
D)Throughout history there has been general agreement about its meaning.
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Chapter 5: Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education
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Q1) According to Luis Moll,medicine,agriculture,economics,and religion are funds of knowledge which should not be used in classroom instruction or serve as the basis of teaching.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Moving between two speech forms is called __________________.
Q3) By what age do most children master the sounds of their native language?
A)5
B)9 months
C)7
D)2
Q4) Darnel,an African-American second grader who uses nonstandard English,complained about his partner in spelling practice."Fred not say nothin' today." Which of the following would be the most relevant reply that the teacher could make?
A)"If he's not saying anything today,do you think something is bothering him?"
B)"In school language we should say 'Fred is not saying anything today.'"
C)"Darnel,please remember: 'not' goes with 'anything.' We don't use it with 'nothing.'"
D)"Why don't you ask Fred what the matter is? Maybe something is wrong."
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Chapter 6: Culture and Diversity
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Q1) The learning style of Native Americans appears to be A)field-independent.
B)global,analytic.
C)global,visual.
D)reasoning by inference.
Q2) Both traditional and ethnocentric approaches should be emphasized in multicultural education.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Researchers generally believe that differences between ethnic groups in cognitive abilities occur primarily as a result of A)biases inherent in most standardized tests.
B)different experiences in and out of school.
C)different levels of motivation among the groups.
D)natural abilities of the various groups.
Q4) Comparisons between males and females on mental ability tests generally show small or no differences.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Define gender bias and describe how it has been expressed in school.
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Chapter 7: Behavioral Views of Learning
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Q1) The act of providing an antecedent stimulus immediately before a particular behavior is to take place is called prompting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Cognitive behavior modification adds what to the management process?
A)Parent intervention
B)Response cost
C)Self-instruction
D)Self-reinforcement
Q3) Interventions designed to replace problem behaviors with new behaviors that serve the same purpose for the students are called ________.
Q4) Extinction in classical conditioning occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented repeatedly without the unconditioned stimulus.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain why (or why not)such strategies as token reinforcement and contingency contracting might help Kelly's situation.
Q6) Define "learning" and discuss how it differs from other forms of behavior.
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Chapter 8: Cognitive Views of Learning
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Q1) Stimuli from the environment are theorized to first enter working memory.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Maria has excellent study habits.She seems to know just what to review and how long to spend on each part of every course.Maria is applying what type of knowledge?
A)Conditional
B)Declarative
C)Domain-specific
D)Procedural
Q3) Knowing how to submit messages in a Blog is called ____________knowledge.
Q4) When you mention "dogs," both Bethany and Ashley would picture collies.In relation to the concept "dog," what would the image of a collie be?
A)Algorithm
B)Attribute
C)Heuristic
D)Prototype
Q5) The resources required to process stimuli irrelevant to the task is called _______________.
Q6) Knowing about the characteristics and images of a concept is ________ knowledge.
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Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes
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Q1) Recognizing a problem as a "disguised" version of an old problem for which one has a solution already is called schema-driven problem solving.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What can teachers do to support and encourage creativity in the classroom?
Q3) Experts excel relative to novices in applying domain-specific knowledge.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ________ is the ability to regulate one's thinking and learning.
Q5) ________ is a general plan for approaching a learning task.
Q6) Mr.Tolbert comes to you because he is concerned about this son Jack.He describes Jack as being a risk-taker,easily bored,susceptible to day dreaming,intensely curious,and at times silly.He is concerned Jack may have some learning difficulties.What else might be going on with Jack?
Q7) Dividing a problem into a number of intermediate goals and then identifying a means of solving each subgoal is called ________.
Q8) Formulating new answers by going beyond the simple application of previously learned rules to reach a goal is ________.
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Chapter 10: The Learning Sciences and Constructivism
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Q1) Which one of the following elements does NOT define a true cooperative learning group?
A)Collaborative skills
B)Homogenous grouping
C)Individual accountability
D)Positive interdependence
Q2) Which one of the following students is playing the role of reflector in a cooperative learning group?
A)Amanda makes certain that the questions of all group members are asked and answered.
B)Gary makes sure that the group is aware of its progress or lack of progress toward the group goal.
C)Helen is responsible for keeping the noise level of the group at a reasonable pitch.
D)Lawrence solicits equal participation of group members and restrains dominance by any group member.
Q3) What are some of the disadvantages of group learning?
Q4) Would the use of social negotiation and shared responsibility help Mr.Butler to create a cohesive group among the students? Explain.
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Chapter 11: Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation
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Q1) Mr.Snow,the math teacher,asks parents to facilitate their child's self-regulation by A)rewarding only large improvements in math skills.
B)encouraging the student not to engage in self-evaluation.
C)linking success to natural born abilities.
D)modeling how to set specific goals.
Q2) Having a strong sense of will power is also referred to as ___________.
Q3) According to Bandura's theory of self-efficacy,the most important and influential source of self-efficacy information comes from A)modeling.
B)social persuasion.
C)volition.
D)mastery experiences.
Q4) When a teacher gives a "pep talk" to a student and says "you can do it," the teacher may be able to influence a student's self-efficacy for a task.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Albert Bandura is credited for creating social learning theory,which was later renamed to ________.
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Chapter 12: Motivation in Learning and Teaching
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Q1) A key strategy for emphasizing learning rather than grades is to engage students in self-evaluation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sharon believes if she is an outstanding soccer play she will be well liked by her peers.Thus,Sharon place a great amount of ________ value on playing soccer.
Q3) Psychological and physical reactions causing a person to be alert,attentive,and wide awake is called ________.
Q4) Research exists to support the claim that students' emotions are related to their learning goal orientation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Whereas mastery-oriented students value achievement and success,________ students try to protect themselves from situations in which they will not look good to others.
Q6) Suggest and briefly describe some strategies that teachers might use to help failure-avoiding students become more mastery-oriented.
Q7) The interest state that arouses,directs,and maintains behavior is ________.
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Chapter 13: Creating Learning Environments
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Q1) Select either an elementary or secondary teaching situation and discuss the types of rules that need to be established and the procedures for communicating the rules to students.When rules are broken,what types of penalties are appropriate for that age level?
Q2) Based on your assessment of the situation,what does Ms.Johnson appear to be doing wrong in dealing with Jason?
Q3) Gordon's "no lose" method of dealing with conflicts involves
A)having both the teacher and the students participate in the solution.
B)having students vote on the best solution to the problem.
C)imposing a solution for the problem on the students.
D)using empathetic listening to help the students discover the solution on their own.
Q4) Mr.Crain experiences a discipline problem with Joe.In imposing penalties,Mr.Crain should
A)discuss the situation with Joe immediately after the infraction occurs.
B)negotiate the level of punishment with Joe.
C)re-establish a positive relationship with Joe as quickly as possible.
D)reprimand Joe publicly in order to gain the support of the group.
Q5) According to Woolfolk,the best answer to school violence is ________.
Q6) Activities that are accomplished in the classroom are described as ________.
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Chapter 14: Teaching Every Student
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Q1) Which one of the following statements should be avoided in order to promote high expectations of your students?
A)"Take your time and try it again".
B)"Good job on the first part of the writing assignment;however,your conclusion paragraph still needs work".
C)"This is easy,any one can do it and you can too".
D)"You are right;this is a challenging writing assignment,which is why you need to keep trying".
Q2) Present your views on the desirability of using Mager-type vs.Gronlund-type objectives for the course.Which would you personally prefer? Explain your choice.
Q3) Which one of the following objectives illustrates an appropriate behavioral example of the cognitive objective,"Students will be able to understand the concept of correlation"?
A)"Achieve mastery on a quiz dealing with correlation issues."
B)"Appreciate how and when correlation is used."
C)"Comprehend the meaning of the concept of correlation."
D)"Identify instances of positive and negative correlation."
Q4) A classification scheme for educational objectives is called a(n)________.
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Chapter 15: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing
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Q1) The challenges in evaluating essay tests include being clear with students about the __________ for grading and then applying them fairly and consistently.
Q2) The central tendency of the score distribution indicates a symmetrical distribution.
A)The conclusion in this item's statement is NOT supported by the above data.
B)The conclusion in this item's statement is supported by the above data.
C)There are insufficient data presented to warrant this conclusion.
Q3) The basic difference between rating scales and scoring rubrics is that
A)rating scales provide general descriptions of overall performance,while scoring rubrics provide specific feedback.
B)rating scales provide norm-referenced interpretations of performance,while scoring rubrics provide criterion-referenced interpretations.
C)scoring rubrics provide criterion-referenced interpretations of performance,while rating scales provide norm-referenced interpretations.
D)scoring rubrics provide general descriptions of overall performance,while rating scales provide specific feedback.
Q4) Would her grading system be considered norm-referenced? Why or why not?
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