SVSU Psych Quiz Qs 2, 8, 3, 4, 5 with Correct
Answers
Three of the following strategies should be effective in working with English language learners.
Which one is UNLIKELY to be effective?
a. Especially in the early years of English instruction, speak more slowly and clearly than you
might otherwise.
b. Teach reading skills almost exclusively by using books written in English rather than in
students' native language.
c. When students work in small, cooperative groups, encourage them to use their native
language if doing so helps them communicate with one another more effectively.
d. When teaching academic subject matter, make a very gradual transition from students' native
language to English—perhaps a transition that takes 5 to 7 years to complete. Correct
Answ_b
A theory of learning that focuses on how individuals' physical, social, and/or cultural
surroundings support learning, development, and behavior is referred to in your book as:
a. information processing theory
b. a contextual theory
c. a behaviorist theory
,d. the social cognitive theory Correct Answ_b
When we say that different cultural and ethnic groups have different worldviews, we mean that:
a. their native language inevitably distorts how they think about their physical and social
environments.
b. they tend to think of their country of origin as being the best possible place in which to live.
c. they may have little understanding of geographic regions other than their own.
d. their basic assumptions about how the world operates may be different. Correct Answ_d
A community of learners can best be described as:
a. a small group of students that chooses a special topic it wants to pursue independently.
b. a classroom in which students learn almost exclusively through individual and small-group
experimentation.
c. a classroom in which students and teachers help each other gain knowledge.
d. a classroom that has an elected "government council" that directs learning activities.
Correct Answ_c
Which one of the following statements best describes theorists' rationale for advocating the use
of authentic activities?
,a. Authentic activities are the most efficient way of teaching basic skills.
b. Authentic activities have built-in scaffolding that assures students' success.
c. Authentic activities help students relate classroom subjects to real-world contexts.
d. Students' performance in authentic activities is easier to evaluate objectively. Correct
Answ_c
Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind regarding effective use of technology in the
classroom is that
a. technology should enhance students' thinking and learning, not replace it.
b. technology should blur the lines between work and play.
c. technology should provide more authentic activities than can be developed using other
classroom means.
d. technology should be minimally distracting but also highly interactive. Correct Answ_a
The ability to perceive and mentally manipulate the sounds within words is called
a. letter-sounds correspondence.
b. concepts of phonics.
c. phonological awareness.
d. sound awareness Correct Answ_c
, In general, less-skilled writers engage in __________________ and more-skilled writers engage
in _______________ .
a. much revision; little revision
b. knowledge transforming; knowledge telling
c. knowledge telling; knowledge transforming
d. goal setting; free writing Correct Answ_c
All of the following are skills important to mathematics learning EXCEPT
a. encoding problems well
b. learning problem-solving methods
c. memorizing formuals
d. using metacognition Correct Answ_c
Which of the following best illustrates a confirmation basis?
a. Jayne thinks that metal objects always sink. When she places an aluminum pie plate in a tub of
water and sees that it floats, she says, "It only looks like aluminum; it must be plastic with silver
paint on it."
Answers
Three of the following strategies should be effective in working with English language learners.
Which one is UNLIKELY to be effective?
a. Especially in the early years of English instruction, speak more slowly and clearly than you
might otherwise.
b. Teach reading skills almost exclusively by using books written in English rather than in
students' native language.
c. When students work in small, cooperative groups, encourage them to use their native
language if doing so helps them communicate with one another more effectively.
d. When teaching academic subject matter, make a very gradual transition from students' native
language to English—perhaps a transition that takes 5 to 7 years to complete. Correct
Answ_b
A theory of learning that focuses on how individuals' physical, social, and/or cultural
surroundings support learning, development, and behavior is referred to in your book as:
a. information processing theory
b. a contextual theory
c. a behaviorist theory
,d. the social cognitive theory Correct Answ_b
When we say that different cultural and ethnic groups have different worldviews, we mean that:
a. their native language inevitably distorts how they think about their physical and social
environments.
b. they tend to think of their country of origin as being the best possible place in which to live.
c. they may have little understanding of geographic regions other than their own.
d. their basic assumptions about how the world operates may be different. Correct Answ_d
A community of learners can best be described as:
a. a small group of students that chooses a special topic it wants to pursue independently.
b. a classroom in which students learn almost exclusively through individual and small-group
experimentation.
c. a classroom in which students and teachers help each other gain knowledge.
d. a classroom that has an elected "government council" that directs learning activities.
Correct Answ_c
Which one of the following statements best describes theorists' rationale for advocating the use
of authentic activities?
,a. Authentic activities are the most efficient way of teaching basic skills.
b. Authentic activities have built-in scaffolding that assures students' success.
c. Authentic activities help students relate classroom subjects to real-world contexts.
d. Students' performance in authentic activities is easier to evaluate objectively. Correct
Answ_c
Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind regarding effective use of technology in the
classroom is that
a. technology should enhance students' thinking and learning, not replace it.
b. technology should blur the lines between work and play.
c. technology should provide more authentic activities than can be developed using other
classroom means.
d. technology should be minimally distracting but also highly interactive. Correct Answ_a
The ability to perceive and mentally manipulate the sounds within words is called
a. letter-sounds correspondence.
b. concepts of phonics.
c. phonological awareness.
d. sound awareness Correct Answ_c
, In general, less-skilled writers engage in __________________ and more-skilled writers engage
in _______________ .
a. much revision; little revision
b. knowledge transforming; knowledge telling
c. knowledge telling; knowledge transforming
d. goal setting; free writing Correct Answ_c
All of the following are skills important to mathematics learning EXCEPT
a. encoding problems well
b. learning problem-solving methods
c. memorizing formuals
d. using metacognition Correct Answ_c
Which of the following best illustrates a confirmation basis?
a. Jayne thinks that metal objects always sink. When she places an aluminum pie plate in a tub of
water and sees that it floats, she says, "It only looks like aluminum; it must be plastic with silver
paint on it."
