EDUC 210 Final Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
Compared to the behaviouristic orientation, the cognitive perspective recognizes people
as what type of learners?
Active
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?
Self-regulatory knowledge
Alec still remembers how to touch-type, even though it has been three years since he has
practiced. The memory system most directly involved here is
procedural
What you are thinking about right now is being held in what type of memory?
Working memory
Mr. Kawicki is teaching his sixth-grade science students about the scientific method.
Students are instructed about each component of the method first in order to
understand the whole process. This instructional strategy is based on what concept?
Bottom-up processing
Items can typically be stored in working memory for approximately how long?
20 seconds
You are given a math problem to solve. As you try to remember the formula involved,
what memory system is being searched?
, schematic
Mark can answer the physics problem because of patterns of knowledge stored in his
long-term memory, which he did not intentionally try to learn. This situation involves
Mark using his
implicit memory
Because memories are organized in propositional networks, recall of one bit of
information often
leads to recall of another bit of information
A scriptis viewed by cognitive theorists as useful
in directing everyday activities in different situations
What is a common problem with students using underlining or highlighting that
teachers should be aware of?
Students are under-selective and highlight or underline too much
Current beliefs about problem-solving techniques suggest that domain-specific
strategies are
likely to be used increasingly as experience with a particular subject increases
Which one of the following concepts is consistent with the notion of a heuristic?
Analogical thinking
Gloria thinks about the solution to a problem regarding homelessness in Toronto. She
asks herself what she needs to know in order to solve the problem. She tries to think
about the problem in different and, possibly, creative ways. She is then able to clarify
Answers
Compared to the behaviouristic orientation, the cognitive perspective recognizes people
as what type of learners?
Active
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?
Self-regulatory knowledge
Alec still remembers how to touch-type, even though it has been three years since he has
practiced. The memory system most directly involved here is
procedural
What you are thinking about right now is being held in what type of memory?
Working memory
Mr. Kawicki is teaching his sixth-grade science students about the scientific method.
Students are instructed about each component of the method first in order to
understand the whole process. This instructional strategy is based on what concept?
Bottom-up processing
Items can typically be stored in working memory for approximately how long?
20 seconds
You are given a math problem to solve. As you try to remember the formula involved,
what memory system is being searched?
, schematic
Mark can answer the physics problem because of patterns of knowledge stored in his
long-term memory, which he did not intentionally try to learn. This situation involves
Mark using his
implicit memory
Because memories are organized in propositional networks, recall of one bit of
information often
leads to recall of another bit of information
A scriptis viewed by cognitive theorists as useful
in directing everyday activities in different situations
What is a common problem with students using underlining or highlighting that
teachers should be aware of?
Students are under-selective and highlight or underline too much
Current beliefs about problem-solving techniques suggest that domain-specific
strategies are
likely to be used increasingly as experience with a particular subject increases
Which one of the following concepts is consistent with the notion of a heuristic?
Analogical thinking
Gloria thinks about the solution to a problem regarding homelessness in Toronto. She
asks herself what she needs to know in order to solve the problem. She tries to think
about the problem in different and, possibly, creative ways. She is then able to clarify
