WGU D094 Module 2 OA practice Questions and Verified Answers 2024

1. Mrs. Baldwin is substituting for a fourth-grade class. She is determining which activity to conduct in class today. According to Piaget, which activity would be most appropriate for this class? filling out a graphic organizer on the similarities and differences between rocks 2. Tyler’s mom shows him a truck and then hides the truck behind her back. Tyler does not look for the truck when it is hidden and is surprised each time she pulls the truck out from behind her back. According to Piaget, this game is exciting for Tyler because he has not yet developed the concept of object permanence 3. According to Piaget, all but which of the following are characteristics of children in preschool and kindergarten (i.e., between the ages of two and six)? They are able to think logically 4. You walk into a classroom and observe the teacher moving children into heterogeneous groups of 4 or 5 to learn about different types of clouds. Whose theory is the teacher following? Vygotsky 5. MacKenzie is taking her state reading test. As she reads each question, she whispers each word under her breath. The other students look at her and cover their ears. According to Vygotsky, which type of speech is she using? private speech 6. One key difference between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories of cognitive development is that Piaget believes that development must come first, and then learning can occur. Vygotsky believes the opposite--that the learning process causes growth and development. What is another area of disagreement between the two theorists? Social interaction with more knowledgeable peers can greatly enhance cognitive development 7. Miss Amburn teaches kindergarten. She is doing a unit on working in a pizza parlor. The students color and decorate their own menu. In a section of the classroom, they have a kitchen and the students enjoy pretending to run the pizza parlor. They even enjoyed it when Mr. Ron came in and talked about his fire oven pizza. What stage of Piaget’s cognitive development are the students in? preoperational