D-664 Pre-Assessment: (Latest Update ) Learners
and Learning Science | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct (Verified Solutions) - WGU
Encoding - ANSWER ✔✔- Which component of the learning process involves
transforming sensory input into a usable form?
Storage - ANSWER ✔✔- Which term refers to holding processed information for
later use?
Feedback - ANSWER ✔✔- Which part of learning involves receiving information
about performance?
Retrieval - ANSWER ✔✔- Which component of the learning process involves
accessing information that is being held?
Metacognition - ANSWER ✔✔- Which part of learning involves understanding
one's own thought processes?
Retrieval practice - ANSWER ✔✔- Which strategy for learning refers to
intentionally remembering stored information?
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Interleaving - ANSWER ✔✔- What is the strategy of learning that involves
covering multiple types of problems during one study session?
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, Retrieval practice - ANSWER ✔✔- Students quiz each other on important
concepts to prepare for an upcoming exam. Which strategy is being
demonstrated by the actions in this scenario?
Spacing - ANSWER ✔✔- Instead of cramming before an exam, a student prepares
by studying for 30 minutes each morning. Which strategy is being demonstrated
by the actions in this scenario?
Desirable difficulty - ANSWER ✔✔- A teacher designs the task for a lesson
opener so that students have to use the concepts they know in a new way. This
presents just the right amount of challenge. What is the strategy being used by
this teacher?
Managing time effectively - ANSWER ✔✔- Which activity is enabled by executive
function?
Limited brain capacity - ANSWER ✔✔- What is the concept from neuroscience
that contradicts the myth of multitasking?
Cognitive styles - ANSWER ✔✔- Which concept from neuroscience is used to
refute the myth of normality?
It oversimplifies the brain's complexity. - ANSWER ✔✔- How does the myth of
the brain as a computer fall short?
Providing students with opportunities to have group discussions - ANSWER ✔✔-
The teacher of a high school class uses teaching strategies based on Vygotsky's
theory of development. What is an example of a strategy aligned with this theory?
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and Learning Science | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct (Verified Solutions) - WGU
Encoding - ANSWER ✔✔- Which component of the learning process involves
transforming sensory input into a usable form?
Storage - ANSWER ✔✔- Which term refers to holding processed information for
later use?
Feedback - ANSWER ✔✔- Which part of learning involves receiving information
about performance?
Retrieval - ANSWER ✔✔- Which component of the learning process involves
accessing information that is being held?
Metacognition - ANSWER ✔✔- Which part of learning involves understanding
one's own thought processes?
Retrieval practice - ANSWER ✔✔- Which strategy for learning refers to
intentionally remembering stored information?
Less
Interleaving - ANSWER ✔✔- What is the strategy of learning that involves
covering multiple types of problems during one study session?
1|Page
, Retrieval practice - ANSWER ✔✔- Students quiz each other on important
concepts to prepare for an upcoming exam. Which strategy is being
demonstrated by the actions in this scenario?
Spacing - ANSWER ✔✔- Instead of cramming before an exam, a student prepares
by studying for 30 minutes each morning. Which strategy is being demonstrated
by the actions in this scenario?
Desirable difficulty - ANSWER ✔✔- A teacher designs the task for a lesson
opener so that students have to use the concepts they know in a new way. This
presents just the right amount of challenge. What is the strategy being used by
this teacher?
Managing time effectively - ANSWER ✔✔- Which activity is enabled by executive
function?
Limited brain capacity - ANSWER ✔✔- What is the concept from neuroscience
that contradicts the myth of multitasking?
Cognitive styles - ANSWER ✔✔- Which concept from neuroscience is used to
refute the myth of normality?
It oversimplifies the brain's complexity. - ANSWER ✔✔- How does the myth of
the brain as a computer fall short?
Providing students with opportunities to have group discussions - ANSWER ✔✔-
The teacher of a high school class uses teaching strategies based on Vygotsky's
theory of development. What is an example of a strategy aligned with this theory?
2|Page
