EDUC Chapter 3
With this theory of multiples intelligences, Howard Gardner says human intelligence can be divided into precisely eight distinct forms
FALSE
We work best in situations where faculty and classmates have conflicting personalities and different learning preferences from our own
False
Which of the following are true of the brain and our learning styles?
For many people, learning style preferences result from how the brain processes information. Certain kinds of tasks are more likely to be controlled by a particular half of the brain. The two halves of the brain "specialize" in certain kinds of processing
___________ intelligence is linked to the production and use of language
Linguistic
Learning styles do which of the following?
Reflect our preferred manner for thinking about knowledge, reflect our preferred manner of acquiring knowledge
Everyone learns in _____________ manner
a preferred
Which of the following is an example of the effect of a self-fulfilling prophecy?
a student believes she is not good in math, and as a result she puts in little effort, resulting in failure
Which of the following are true with regard to an instructor's learning style?
an instructor's learning style has an impact on their teaching, which influences how well you can do in their classes, instructors may not be aware of their own learning style and how it impacts their teaching
Which of the following are among the four types of receptive learning styles?
auditory/verbal learning style, read/write learning style
Why is your learning style significant to how different subject areas in college can present more or less of a challenge for you?
different subject areas often use different presentation styles
There are _________ different types of receptive learning styles
four
According to Howard Gardner, logical-mathematical intelligence
involves skills in problem solving and scientific thinking
Based on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, students who are good with grammar and language and enjoy reading and writing can likely be said to process information
linguistically
Problem solving and scientific thinking are associated with
logical-mathematical intelligence
War veterans face special challenges when returning from combat duty to civilian life and the college classroom, such as difficulty
moving from a highly structured to an unstructured environment
Howard Garner's theory of ___________ _____________ says that we have eight different forms of intelligence, each relatively independent of the others
multiple intelligences
Our learning styles are influence by our
personality
Which of the following summarized the components that make up your self-concept?
physical, social, and personal
Students with a _____________ learning style would typically rather learn through reading
read/write
Your preferred process for receiving from your sense organs is your
receptive learning style
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
suggests that different forms of intelligence are linked to certain kinda of information processing in our brains. Is an approach to understanding learning styles and preferences
One reason it is useful for you to know about learning styles is that instructors' styles of teaching are often based on
their learning style
Researchers have developed learning a number of __________, which are broad explanations about how we learn
theories
Which of the following statements about learning theories are true?
they are broad explanations about how we learn, each learning theory takes a different approach and looks at different factors
The human brain has two sides that process information differently
true
While we have a preferred learning style, we are not limited to just one way of learning
true
Identify potential results of permitting other's views of who we are to determine our behavior
when someone views us in a positive light, we will often strive not to disappoint that individual. When someone views us in a negative light, we can come to believe that perspective
