EDF 4467 quizzes with complete solutions

How do intentional teachers achieve a sense of efficacy? - Answer- By continually assessing their instruction and results and trying new strategies is initial instruction doesn't work continuous theories of development assume that development occurs: - Answer- In a smooth progression as skills develop and the environment provides experience In a research study, two groups of children were given markers and paper and given permission to draw pictures. Children in one group were given a reward for being "good players" at the end, but the second group of children received no reward. In this experimental situation, researchers: - Answer- Created special treatment and analyzed the effect From Vygotsky's view point, which would be the best description of developmentally appropriate activities? - Answer- Select tasks that range from those requiring the assistance of others to those they can accomplish alone You are teaching a tenth-grade class of average ability students. Your lesson involves abstract ideas. Which of the following would be the most accurate supposition you could make about your class as you plan activities? - Answer- Although many students may have reached the formal operational stage of development, you can't be sure those who have will be able to apply it to your lesson. Taunting, harassment, and aggression toward weaker or friendless peers occur at all age levels, but can become particularly serious as children enter: - Answer- early adolescence A criticism of both Piaget's and Kohlberg's work is that they did not observe that young children can often reason about moral situations in: - Answer- more sophisticated ways than the theories would suggest. According to the text, levels of anxiety in adolescents are highest in which of Marcia's identity stages? - Answer- Moratorium The positive psychosocial outcome of the teenage years is a sense of: - Answer- identity. Solitary play is often carried out: - Answer- with toys Socioeconomic Status (SES) is most often measured as: - Answer- A combination of the individual's income and years of education Practices that are conducive to the academic and social growth of all students are commonly referred to as - Answer- equity pedagogy. Our text describes six class groupings in the United States. Which of these accurately represents the income category for the working class? - Answer- 20,000-40,000 The culture of most schools in the United States tends to reflect: - Answer- middle-class values By 2026, what percentage of U.S. students is expected to come from homes in which the primary language is not English? - Answer- 25 percent Which of the following statements about direct instruction is correct? - Answer- In a direct instruction lesson, teachers transmit information directly to students. Which of the following ideas about direct instruction does recent research best support? - Answer- Direct instruction can be more efficient than discovery learning for conceptual development. Ms.Gismegian is presenting a direct instruction lesson on verbs to her students. What is her first step? - Answer- State the learning objectives and orient students to the lesson. In conducting learning probes, a drawback of factual questions is that they: - Answer- are not effective for developing conceptual skills. Which of the following recommendations regarding independent practice is most appropriate? - Answer- Keep the assignments fairly short. The cognitive theory of learning that describes how individuals take in, work with, store, and retrieve information about the world is called: - Answer- information processing One of the educational implications of the sensory register is that: - Answer- without attention, information received by the senses is quickly lost, and will not be remembered. When the senses receive stimuli, the mind immediately begins working on some of them. Therefore, the sensory images of which we are conscious are not exactly the same as what we saw, heard, or felt. Which of the following terms relates most closely to these statements? - Answer- Perception A seventh-grade middle school science teacher wants students to know a particular organism they studied under a microscope. Based on the dual code theory, what is the best strategy for students to use? - Answer- Seeing it and naming it An example of proactive facilitation