EDUC 606 FINAL - WOOLFOLK EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Learning management system (LMS) - Answer- System that delivers e-learning,
provides tools and learning materials, keeps records, administers assessments, and
manages learning.
Learning preferences - Answer- Preferred ways of studying and learning, such as using
pictures instead of text, working with other people versus alone, learning in structured or
in unstructured situations, and so on.
Learning sciences - Answer- An interdisciplinary science of learning, based on research
in psychology, education, computer science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology,
neuroscience, and other fields that study learning.
Learning strategies - Answer- A special kind of procedural knowledge-knowing how to
approach learning tasks.
Learning styles - Answer- The way a person approaches learning and studying.
Least restrictive placement - Answer- The practice of placing exceptional students in the
most regular educational settings possible while ensuring that they are successful and
receive support appropriate to their special needs.
Legitimate peripheral participation - Answer- Genuine involvement in the work of the
group, even if your abilities are undeveloped and contributions are small.
Lesson study - Answer- As a group, teachers develop, test, improve, and retest lessons
until they are satisfied with the final version.
Levels of processing theory - Answer- Theory that recall of information is based on how
deeply it is processed.
LINCS vocabulary strategy - Answer- A strategy that uses stories and imagery to help
students learn how to identify, organize, define, and remember words and their
meanings.
Loci method - Answer- Technique of associating items with specific places. 'c
Locus of causality - Answer- The location-internal or external-of the cause of behaviour.
,Longitudinal studies - Answer- Studies that document changes.that occur in subjects
over time, often many years.
Long-term memory - Answer- Permanent store of knowledge.
Low vision - Answer- Vision limited to close objects.
Maintenance rehearsal - Answer- Keeping information in working memory by repeating
it to yourself.
Massed practice - Answer- Practice for a single extended period.
Massive multi-player online games (MMOGs) - Answer- Interactive gaming
environments constructed in virtual worlds where the learner assumes a character role
of avatar.
Mastery experiences - Answer- Our own direct experiences-the most powerful source of
efficacy information.
Mastery goal - Answer- A personal intention to improve abilities and learn, no matter
how performance suffers.
Mastery-oriented students - Answer- Students who focus on learning goals because
they value achievement and see ability as improvable.
Maturation - Answer- Genetically programmed, naturally occurring changes over time.
Mean - Answer- Arithmetical average.
Means-ends analysis - Answer- Heuristic in which a goal is divided into subgoals.
Measurement - Answer- An evaluation expressed in quantitative (number) terms.
Median - Answer- Middle score in a group of scores.
Melting pot - Answer- A metaphor for the absorption and assimilation of immigrants into
the mainstream of society so that ethnic differences vanish.
Menarche - Answer- The first menstrual period in girls.
Mental age - Answer- In intelligence testing, a score based on average abilities for that
age group.
Metacognition - Answer- Knowledge about our own thinking processes.
Metalinguistic awareness - Answer- Understanding about one's own use of language.
,Microgenetic studies - Answer- Detailed observation and analysis of changes in a
cognitive process as the process unfolds over several days or weeks.
Minority group - Answer- A group of people who have been socially disadvantaged-not
always a minority in actual numbers.
Mirror systems - Answer- Areas of the brain that fire both during perception of an action
by someone else and when performing the action.
Mnemonics - Answer- Techniques for remembering; the art of memory.
Mode - Answer- Most frequently occurring score.
Modelling - Answer- Changes in behaviour, thinking, or emotions that happen through
observing another person-a model.
Monolingual - Answer- Speaking only one language.
Moral dilemmas - Answer- Situations in which no choice is clearly and indisputably right.
Moral realism - Answer- Stage of development wherein children see rules as absolute.
Moral reasoning - Answer- The thinking process involved in judgments about questions
of right and wrong.
Morality of cooperation - Answer- Stage of development wherein children realize that
people make rules and people can change them.
Moratorium - Answer- Identity crisis; suspension of choices because of struggle.
Motivation to learn - Answer- The tendency to find academic activities meaningful and
worthwhile and to try to benefit from them.
Motivation - Answer- An internal state that arouses, directs, and maintains behaviour.
Movement management - Answer- Keeping lessons and the group moving at an
appropriate (and flexible) pace, with smooth transitions and variety.
Multicultural education - Answer- Education that promotes equity in the schooling of all
students.
Multiple representations of content - Answer- Considering problems using various
analogies, examples, and metaphors.
, Myelination - Answer- The process by which neural fibres are coated with a fatty sheath
called myelin that makes message transfer more efficient.
Natural/logical consequences - Answer- Instead of punishing, having students redo,
repair, or in some way face the consequences that naturally flow from their actions.
Need for autonomy - Answer- The desire to have our own wishes, rather than external
rewards or pressures, determine our actions.
Negative correlation - Answer- A relationship between two variables in which a high
value on one is associated with a low value on the other. Example: height and distance
from top of head to the ceiling.
Negative reinforcement - Answer- Strengthening behaviour by removing an aversive
stimulus when the behaviour occurs.
Neo-Piagetian theories - Answer- More recent theories that integrate findings about
attention, memory, and strategy use with Piaget's insights about children's thinking and
the construction of knowledge.
Neurogenesis - Answer- The production of new neurons.
Neurons - Answer- Nerve cells that store and transfer information.
Neutral stimulus - Answer- Stimulus not connected to a response.
Norm group - Answer- Large sample of students serving as a comparison group for
scoring tests.
Normal distribution - Answer- The most commonly occurring distribution, in which
scores are distributed evenly around the mean.
Norm-referenced grading - Answer- Assessment of students' achievement in relation to
one another.
Norm-referenced testing - Answer- Testing in which scores are compared with the
average performance of others.
Object permanence - Answer- The understanding that objects have a separate,
permanent existence.
Objective testing - Answer- Multiple-choice, matching, true/false, short-answer, and fill-
in tests; scoring answers does not require interpretation.
Observational learning - Answer- Learning by observation and imitation of others
vicarious learning.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Learning management system (LMS) - Answer- System that delivers e-learning,
provides tools and learning materials, keeps records, administers assessments, and
manages learning.
Learning preferences - Answer- Preferred ways of studying and learning, such as using
pictures instead of text, working with other people versus alone, learning in structured or
in unstructured situations, and so on.
Learning sciences - Answer- An interdisciplinary science of learning, based on research
in psychology, education, computer science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology,
neuroscience, and other fields that study learning.
Learning strategies - Answer- A special kind of procedural knowledge-knowing how to
approach learning tasks.
Learning styles - Answer- The way a person approaches learning and studying.
Least restrictive placement - Answer- The practice of placing exceptional students in the
most regular educational settings possible while ensuring that they are successful and
receive support appropriate to their special needs.
Legitimate peripheral participation - Answer- Genuine involvement in the work of the
group, even if your abilities are undeveloped and contributions are small.
Lesson study - Answer- As a group, teachers develop, test, improve, and retest lessons
until they are satisfied with the final version.
Levels of processing theory - Answer- Theory that recall of information is based on how
deeply it is processed.
LINCS vocabulary strategy - Answer- A strategy that uses stories and imagery to help
students learn how to identify, organize, define, and remember words and their
meanings.
Loci method - Answer- Technique of associating items with specific places. 'c
Locus of causality - Answer- The location-internal or external-of the cause of behaviour.
,Longitudinal studies - Answer- Studies that document changes.that occur in subjects
over time, often many years.
Long-term memory - Answer- Permanent store of knowledge.
Low vision - Answer- Vision limited to close objects.
Maintenance rehearsal - Answer- Keeping information in working memory by repeating
it to yourself.
Massed practice - Answer- Practice for a single extended period.
Massive multi-player online games (MMOGs) - Answer- Interactive gaming
environments constructed in virtual worlds where the learner assumes a character role
of avatar.
Mastery experiences - Answer- Our own direct experiences-the most powerful source of
efficacy information.
Mastery goal - Answer- A personal intention to improve abilities and learn, no matter
how performance suffers.
Mastery-oriented students - Answer- Students who focus on learning goals because
they value achievement and see ability as improvable.
Maturation - Answer- Genetically programmed, naturally occurring changes over time.
Mean - Answer- Arithmetical average.
Means-ends analysis - Answer- Heuristic in which a goal is divided into subgoals.
Measurement - Answer- An evaluation expressed in quantitative (number) terms.
Median - Answer- Middle score in a group of scores.
Melting pot - Answer- A metaphor for the absorption and assimilation of immigrants into
the mainstream of society so that ethnic differences vanish.
Menarche - Answer- The first menstrual period in girls.
Mental age - Answer- In intelligence testing, a score based on average abilities for that
age group.
Metacognition - Answer- Knowledge about our own thinking processes.
Metalinguistic awareness - Answer- Understanding about one's own use of language.
,Microgenetic studies - Answer- Detailed observation and analysis of changes in a
cognitive process as the process unfolds over several days or weeks.
Minority group - Answer- A group of people who have been socially disadvantaged-not
always a minority in actual numbers.
Mirror systems - Answer- Areas of the brain that fire both during perception of an action
by someone else and when performing the action.
Mnemonics - Answer- Techniques for remembering; the art of memory.
Mode - Answer- Most frequently occurring score.
Modelling - Answer- Changes in behaviour, thinking, or emotions that happen through
observing another person-a model.
Monolingual - Answer- Speaking only one language.
Moral dilemmas - Answer- Situations in which no choice is clearly and indisputably right.
Moral realism - Answer- Stage of development wherein children see rules as absolute.
Moral reasoning - Answer- The thinking process involved in judgments about questions
of right and wrong.
Morality of cooperation - Answer- Stage of development wherein children realize that
people make rules and people can change them.
Moratorium - Answer- Identity crisis; suspension of choices because of struggle.
Motivation to learn - Answer- The tendency to find academic activities meaningful and
worthwhile and to try to benefit from them.
Motivation - Answer- An internal state that arouses, directs, and maintains behaviour.
Movement management - Answer- Keeping lessons and the group moving at an
appropriate (and flexible) pace, with smooth transitions and variety.
Multicultural education - Answer- Education that promotes equity in the schooling of all
students.
Multiple representations of content - Answer- Considering problems using various
analogies, examples, and metaphors.
, Myelination - Answer- The process by which neural fibres are coated with a fatty sheath
called myelin that makes message transfer more efficient.
Natural/logical consequences - Answer- Instead of punishing, having students redo,
repair, or in some way face the consequences that naturally flow from their actions.
Need for autonomy - Answer- The desire to have our own wishes, rather than external
rewards or pressures, determine our actions.
Negative correlation - Answer- A relationship between two variables in which a high
value on one is associated with a low value on the other. Example: height and distance
from top of head to the ceiling.
Negative reinforcement - Answer- Strengthening behaviour by removing an aversive
stimulus when the behaviour occurs.
Neo-Piagetian theories - Answer- More recent theories that integrate findings about
attention, memory, and strategy use with Piaget's insights about children's thinking and
the construction of knowledge.
Neurogenesis - Answer- The production of new neurons.
Neurons - Answer- Nerve cells that store and transfer information.
Neutral stimulus - Answer- Stimulus not connected to a response.
Norm group - Answer- Large sample of students serving as a comparison group for
scoring tests.
Normal distribution - Answer- The most commonly occurring distribution, in which
scores are distributed evenly around the mean.
Norm-referenced grading - Answer- Assessment of students' achievement in relation to
one another.
Norm-referenced testing - Answer- Testing in which scores are compared with the
average performance of others.
Object permanence - Answer- The understanding that objects have a separate,
permanent existence.
Objective testing - Answer- Multiple-choice, matching, true/false, short-answer, and fill-
in tests; scoring answers does not require interpretation.
Observational learning - Answer- Learning by observation and imitation of others
vicarious learning.
