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Helping students recognize that concepts presented in class relate to their everyday experiences

A teacher begins the lesson on how primary and secondary sources differ by having the students brainstorm about different ways in which they learn about important events that have affected their lives. This practice demonstrates the teacher understands that motivation to learn can be enhanced by:

False

A teacher who confidently communicates high expectations for student performance is actually discouraging student learning because students fear they cannot meet the teacher's expectations.

Creating

At the conclusion of a unit about reliable source material and contemporary journalism, a teacher asks her students to write two news stories: a "fake news" story and a true news story about something going on at school or in the community. This assignment most closely aligns with which level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

Taking the class on a walk to a nearby storm drainage area and asking students to gather objects to construct their own water filtration models

Coach Hood tends is teaching his students about watersheds. Which of the following instructional approaches would most align with Constructivist view of learning?

True

High school students are the group at greatest risk for eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, and suicide.

True

High school teachers can reasonably expect their classes to sit still in their desks for a full hour long class.

Abstract thinking

Higher-order thinking means:

Peer relations

In general, a teacher's expectations tend to have the least effect on a middle school student's:

False

In high school, students' brain processing power levels off or even diminishes.

False

In kindergarten, students typically do not use a preferred hand (right or left).

True

In preschool and kindergarten, children begin to play together but will also play by themselves.

False

In the early elementary grades, students prefer to play in gender segregated groups.

True

In the years immediately before puberty, females are often taller and heavier than males.

Behaviorism

Ms. Hernandez asks her students to memorize all 50 states and their capitals. With which theory of learning would this approach best align?

Analyzing

Of the following, which level of thinking ranks highest on Bloom's taxonomy?

Auditory, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic

Perceptual learning styles include:

False

Rudeness, imitation, and drama typically begins in middle school.

Failure to differentiate a learner's strengths and weaknesses Labeling students and therefore limiting their ability to rise to higher expectations Over-emphasis on linguistic and logical intelligence

Select all that apply: A drawback of traditional intelligence in education is: Failure to differentiate a learner's strengths and weaknesses Labeling students and therefore limiting their ability to rise to higher expectations Over-emphasis on linguistic and logical intelligence

Providing the professor with a few pointers on how to interact with young adolescents

Students in a middle school science class are beginning a theme-based project on the stars and planets. The students ask the teacher to have an astronomy professor visit the class. The teacher finds that to have the professor visit the class by Skype would be a great option. The teacher can best promote the success of the astronomy professor's virtual visit by:

Relate learning to prior knowledge and experiences

Teachers who wish to develop students' cognitive structures should:

Reflection Construction of schemas Learner autonomy

This is a multiple answer question. Select all that apply. Ms. Janneck asks students to spend time every week journaling about what they have learned and what they still want to learn about the week's class. This practice is most likely to encourage: Misassociation Reflection Construction of schemas Learner autonomy

True

Typically, students begin to consider the opinions of their peers in early elementary school.

True

Upper elementary students can think logically and symbolically.

True

Upper elementary students desire feedback about their improvement and how they can continue to do better in school.

A task worth accomplishing + A sense that the student can be successful

What is the motivation formula?

Direct students to write a paragraph comparing frogs and toads

What would a good way to assess student thinking at the analysis level of Bloom's taxonomy?

Subjects taught individually

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the learner-centered classroom?

Peer attitudes

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing student readiness?

Cooperative learning

Which of the following is a practice typically observed in effective classrooms?

Lawrence Kohlberg

Which theorist proposed a model of students' moral development?

True

Abstract thinking tends to begin in middle school.

Essentialist

A high school teacher screens a video recording from the Broadway play "Hamilton" during a unit about the American Revolution. This approach aligns most closely with which philosophy of education?

Evaluating

During a unit about reliable source material and contemporary journalism, the teacher gives students three examples of recent newspaper feature stories and asks students to critique them. This assignment most closely aligns with which level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

True

Early elementary students have limited empathy (ability to understand what others think and feel).

True

Early elementary students prefer concrete learning to abstract ideas.

False

Early elementary teachers can reasonably expect their classes to sit still in their desks for a full hour long class.