ELEM 3100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Process - Answer -Some students already understand how to convert fractions into
decimals in Mrs. Johnson's class. Thus, she decided that an activity designed to help
these students make sense of the underlying principles was unnecessary, as they have
already processed and made sense of the concept. Instead, she gave them an activity
that pushed them to apply the skill to a real-world problem, which required using the
learned skill in a new way (encouraging higher order thinking about the learned
concept). Which type of differentiation is this?
a. Content
b. Process
c. Product
d. Learning environment
Product - Answer -Mr. Amar is finding that, for some students, writing a single sentence
is really easy and they are getting bored and off-task after completing their work, while
other students are still struggling to finish a full sentence in time. Thus, during his next
lesson about identifying features of characters in a story, Mr. Amar decides to have the
struggling students focus on writing a single sentence about a favorite character in a
story he just read aloud, and the others to move towards writing one sentence about
their favorite character and another sentence about why that character is their favorite.
Which type of differentiation is this?
a. Content
b. Process
c. Product
d. Learning environment
Learning environment - Answer -Ms. Apple got an e-mail from Suzie's parents
explaining that Suzie had an eye exam and is considered slightly nearsighted. Suzie
came to school the next day without glasses so Ms. Apple decided to move Suzie's
assigned spot in the gathering area closer to the board and Ms. Apple. Which type of
differentiation is this?
a. Content
b. Process
c. Product
d. Learning environment
Assimilation - Answer -Louis receives a new soccer ball and begins to dribble it in the
same way he dribbles his basketball. His dribbling of the new ball reflects Piaget's
concept of:
a. Concrete operations
b. Accommodation
c. Preoperations
d. Assimilation
, Industry vs. inferiority - Answer -Tamara is a happy child but participates little in
classroom activities. She is shy and rarely raises her hand. Many times it appears that
Tamara does not answer questions because she is afraid of looking stupid. Based upon
this description, what stage of psychosocial development will be challenging for
Tamara?
a. Trust vs. mistrust
b. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
c. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Industry vs. inferiority
"Phoebe is one of the smartest students I know." - Answer -Which one of the following
statements reflects a growth mindset about intelligence?
a. "Phoebe is one of the smartest students I know."
b. "If you keep practicing something, you'll get better at it."
c. "The more you know about a topic, the more quickly and easily you can learn new
things about it."
d. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
Guided practice - Answer -During which part of a six-step lesson plan do students
practice the new content with scaffolding from the teacher and/or peers?
a. Independent practice
b. Teacher input
c. Guided practice
d. Scaffolded practice
Staying after school is reinforcing Eric's swearing behavior. - Answer -Ms. Smythe
keeps Eric after school whenever he swears in class. Even though Eric has been kept
after school each day for the past three weeks, his swearing hasn't decreased at all—in
fact, it has steadily increased. Given what we know about the effects of punishment on
behavior, Ms. Smythe should probably conclude that:
a. Her punishment is temporarily suppressing Eric's swearing.
b. The punishment is too severe.
c. Eric's swearing will decrease eventually.
d. Staying after school is reinforcing Eric's swearing behavior.
the behavior being observed can be imitated by others. - Answer -According to social
cognitive theory, in order for observational learning to occur
a. media cannot be used.
b. the behavior being observed can be imitated by others.
c. models must be live.
d. models do not necessarily have required characteristics.
conservation; concrete operations - Answer -Marcy is given her choice of two identical
chocolate bars, one of which has been broken into four pieces. Marcy chooses the
broken candy bar, believing that it has more candy. From Piaget's perspective, Marcy is
Process - Answer -Some students already understand how to convert fractions into
decimals in Mrs. Johnson's class. Thus, she decided that an activity designed to help
these students make sense of the underlying principles was unnecessary, as they have
already processed and made sense of the concept. Instead, she gave them an activity
that pushed them to apply the skill to a real-world problem, which required using the
learned skill in a new way (encouraging higher order thinking about the learned
concept). Which type of differentiation is this?
a. Content
b. Process
c. Product
d. Learning environment
Product - Answer -Mr. Amar is finding that, for some students, writing a single sentence
is really easy and they are getting bored and off-task after completing their work, while
other students are still struggling to finish a full sentence in time. Thus, during his next
lesson about identifying features of characters in a story, Mr. Amar decides to have the
struggling students focus on writing a single sentence about a favorite character in a
story he just read aloud, and the others to move towards writing one sentence about
their favorite character and another sentence about why that character is their favorite.
Which type of differentiation is this?
a. Content
b. Process
c. Product
d. Learning environment
Learning environment - Answer -Ms. Apple got an e-mail from Suzie's parents
explaining that Suzie had an eye exam and is considered slightly nearsighted. Suzie
came to school the next day without glasses so Ms. Apple decided to move Suzie's
assigned spot in the gathering area closer to the board and Ms. Apple. Which type of
differentiation is this?
a. Content
b. Process
c. Product
d. Learning environment
Assimilation - Answer -Louis receives a new soccer ball and begins to dribble it in the
same way he dribbles his basketball. His dribbling of the new ball reflects Piaget's
concept of:
a. Concrete operations
b. Accommodation
c. Preoperations
d. Assimilation
, Industry vs. inferiority - Answer -Tamara is a happy child but participates little in
classroom activities. She is shy and rarely raises her hand. Many times it appears that
Tamara does not answer questions because she is afraid of looking stupid. Based upon
this description, what stage of psychosocial development will be challenging for
Tamara?
a. Trust vs. mistrust
b. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
c. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Industry vs. inferiority
"Phoebe is one of the smartest students I know." - Answer -Which one of the following
statements reflects a growth mindset about intelligence?
a. "Phoebe is one of the smartest students I know."
b. "If you keep practicing something, you'll get better at it."
c. "The more you know about a topic, the more quickly and easily you can learn new
things about it."
d. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
Guided practice - Answer -During which part of a six-step lesson plan do students
practice the new content with scaffolding from the teacher and/or peers?
a. Independent practice
b. Teacher input
c. Guided practice
d. Scaffolded practice
Staying after school is reinforcing Eric's swearing behavior. - Answer -Ms. Smythe
keeps Eric after school whenever he swears in class. Even though Eric has been kept
after school each day for the past three weeks, his swearing hasn't decreased at all—in
fact, it has steadily increased. Given what we know about the effects of punishment on
behavior, Ms. Smythe should probably conclude that:
a. Her punishment is temporarily suppressing Eric's swearing.
b. The punishment is too severe.
c. Eric's swearing will decrease eventually.
d. Staying after school is reinforcing Eric's swearing behavior.
the behavior being observed can be imitated by others. - Answer -According to social
cognitive theory, in order for observational learning to occur
a. media cannot be used.
b. the behavior being observed can be imitated by others.
c. models must be live.
d. models do not necessarily have required characteristics.
conservation; concrete operations - Answer -Marcy is given her choice of two identical
chocolate bars, one of which has been broken into four pieces. Marcy chooses the
broken candy bar, believing that it has more candy. From Piaget's perspective, Marcy is
