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Test Bank
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Educational Psychology
Developing Learners
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Tenth Edition
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Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
University of Northern Colorado, Emerita
Eric M. Anderman
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The Ohio State University
Lynley Anderman
The Ohio State University
Tenth Edition Test Bank Prepared by
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Alyssa Emery
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Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo
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,Multiple Choice Questions
• 1. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, only one of the
following is a true statement. Which one is true?
a. Repeating something over and over is usually the most effective way to
learn it.
b. Girls have a noticeable advantage over boys on verbal tasks.
c. For optimal performance, students should never feel the least bit anxious in
the classroom.
d. Students often study differently for different kinds of classroom
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assessments.
• 2. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, only one of the
following is a true statement. Which one is true?
a. Most experts discourage teachers from having children tutor one another.
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b. Mathematics is almost exclusively a left-brain activity; music is largely a
right-brain activity.
c. Students who see a classmate rewarded for doing something may engage in
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the same behavior themselves.
d. Students are usually the best judges of what they do and do not know.
• 3. Which of the following best explains how college students should gain
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knowledge about teaching and learning?
a. Use common sense and logic.
b. Reflect on their own experiences in classrooms.
c. Rely on textbooks like this one.
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d. Use credible and consistently replicated research findings.
• 4. The textbook offers several suggestions for studying a textbook effectively.
Which one of the following is not necessarily recommended?
a. Take detailed notes on the book’s content.
b. Draw inferences from the things you read.
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c. Relate new ideas to things you already know.
d. Occasionally stop and check to make sure you understand.
•• 5. Qidi is studying for an upcoming exam in this course. She is struggling to
a
remember the concept of elaboration, so she searches the Internet for a video of
students using the practice in action. What studying strategy is Qidi using?
a. Qidi is drawing inferences from what she read.
b. Qidi is relating a new idea to something that she already knows.
c. Qidi is making the concept concrete.
d. Qidi is pausing to check her understanding.
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,•• 6. After attending class, Alice and Cory are studying together to review the
learning objectives. They were surprised to learn that tailoring instruction to
students’ preferred leaning styles has been found to be ineffective. What
strategy can they use to correctly remember this new information?
a. Repeat the new fact over and over.
b. Discredit the idea entirely—it likely can’t be true.
c. Challenge themselves to understand why the new information is correct by
looking into the research supporting this fact.
d. Take no particular steps to remember this fact in any meaningful way; their
usual strategies should be sufficient.
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•• 7. Which one of the following is the best example of elaboration?
a. Rosie repeats the spelling of each word several times the night before her
spelling test.
b. Melissa makes up stories to help her remember the various species she
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studies in biology.
c. Logan copies a friend’s answers to last night’s homework assignment.
d. Sharon automatically knows how to study effectively for an upcoming
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history test.
• 8. As a beginning teacher, you may sometimes find yourself overwhelmed by the
many decisions you will have to make on a daily basis. The situation will
us
improve over time, however, because:
a. Fellow teachers are usually more helpful and supportive later in the school
year, after they’ve gotten to know you better.
b. Most students know that they should behave when they have an older and
more experienced teacher.
stu
c. As you gain experience, you will be able to make some classroom decisions
more quickly and easily.
d. Children are typically more calm and cooperative during the winter months
than they are in the fall.
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•• 9. Which one of the following is the best example of a teacher’s pedagogical
content knowledge?
a. Knowing what researchers have discovered about the effectiveness of
discovery learning approaches to instruction
a
b. Knowing several effective ways to teach students about negative numbers
c. Making a reasonable guess as to why a particular student misbehaves just
before lunch time every day
d. Understanding why water expands when it freezes
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, •• 10. Which one of the following high school teachers clearly has high self-efficacy
about his or her teaching?
a. Mr. Abbot thinks that teaching is simply a matter of reading textbook
passages aloud to his history class.
b. Ms. Bouthot has a hypothesis about why some students in her English class
rarely turn in their assignments.
c. Ms. Crosby insists that students complete their math homework using a
particular format.
d. Mr. Driver is confident that he can get even seemingly “unmotivated”
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students excited about science.
•• 11. Which one of the following teaching practices is definitely an example of
evidence-based practice?
a. A kindergarten teacher asks students to bring something from home that
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begins with the letter B.
b. A fourth-grade teacher uses a reading program that research has shown to
be effective for fourth graders.
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c. A seventh-grade science teacher asks students to conduct experiments in
which they must determine which one of several variables makes a
pendulum swing fast or more slowly.
d. A high school art teacher encourages students to choose a medium (e.g.,
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clay, watercolor paints) that they can best use to express themselves.
•• 12. Which one of the following is the best example of qualitative research?
a. Comparing average achievement test scores for students at three different
schools
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b. Finding out how long it takes 6-year-olds to assemble challenging picture
puzzles
c. Interviewing middle school students about cliques at their school
d. Looking at school attendance records to identify potential school dropouts
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•• 13. Which one of the following conclusions could be drawn from a descriptive
study?
a. Approximately 80% of the students at Southside High School are planning
to go to college.
a
b. Students are more likely to appreciate classical music if they are exposed to
it on a regular basis.
c. Concrete experiences help students understand abstract ideas better.
d. Students do better in school when they have warm, supportive relationships
with their teachers.
• 14. A study that tells us whether two variables are associated, but does not tell us if
one variable causes or influences the other, is:
4
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Test Bank
for
A
Educational Psychology
Developing Learners
pl
Tenth Edition
us
Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
University of Northern Colorado, Emerita
Eric M. Anderman
stu
The Ohio State University
Lynley Anderman
The Ohio State University
Tenth Edition Test Bank Prepared by
vi
Alyssa Emery
a
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River
Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo
@Aplusstuvia
,Multiple Choice Questions
• 1. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, only one of the
following is a true statement. Which one is true?
a. Repeating something over and over is usually the most effective way to
learn it.
b. Girls have a noticeable advantage over boys on verbal tasks.
c. For optimal performance, students should never feel the least bit anxious in
the classroom.
d. Students often study differently for different kinds of classroom
@
assessments.
• 2. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, only one of the
following is a true statement. Which one is true?
a. Most experts discourage teachers from having children tutor one another.
A
b. Mathematics is almost exclusively a left-brain activity; music is largely a
right-brain activity.
c. Students who see a classmate rewarded for doing something may engage in
pl
the same behavior themselves.
d. Students are usually the best judges of what they do and do not know.
• 3. Which of the following best explains how college students should gain
us
knowledge about teaching and learning?
a. Use common sense and logic.
b. Reflect on their own experiences in classrooms.
c. Rely on textbooks like this one.
stu
d. Use credible and consistently replicated research findings.
• 4. The textbook offers several suggestions for studying a textbook effectively.
Which one of the following is not necessarily recommended?
a. Take detailed notes on the book’s content.
b. Draw inferences from the things you read.
vi
c. Relate new ideas to things you already know.
d. Occasionally stop and check to make sure you understand.
•• 5. Qidi is studying for an upcoming exam in this course. She is struggling to
a
remember the concept of elaboration, so she searches the Internet for a video of
students using the practice in action. What studying strategy is Qidi using?
a. Qidi is drawing inferences from what she read.
b. Qidi is relating a new idea to something that she already knows.
c. Qidi is making the concept concrete.
d. Qidi is pausing to check her understanding.
2
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,•• 6. After attending class, Alice and Cory are studying together to review the
learning objectives. They were surprised to learn that tailoring instruction to
students’ preferred leaning styles has been found to be ineffective. What
strategy can they use to correctly remember this new information?
a. Repeat the new fact over and over.
b. Discredit the idea entirely—it likely can’t be true.
c. Challenge themselves to understand why the new information is correct by
looking into the research supporting this fact.
d. Take no particular steps to remember this fact in any meaningful way; their
usual strategies should be sufficient.
@
•• 7. Which one of the following is the best example of elaboration?
a. Rosie repeats the spelling of each word several times the night before her
spelling test.
b. Melissa makes up stories to help her remember the various species she
A
studies in biology.
c. Logan copies a friend’s answers to last night’s homework assignment.
d. Sharon automatically knows how to study effectively for an upcoming
pl
history test.
• 8. As a beginning teacher, you may sometimes find yourself overwhelmed by the
many decisions you will have to make on a daily basis. The situation will
us
improve over time, however, because:
a. Fellow teachers are usually more helpful and supportive later in the school
year, after they’ve gotten to know you better.
b. Most students know that they should behave when they have an older and
more experienced teacher.
stu
c. As you gain experience, you will be able to make some classroom decisions
more quickly and easily.
d. Children are typically more calm and cooperative during the winter months
than they are in the fall.
vi
•• 9. Which one of the following is the best example of a teacher’s pedagogical
content knowledge?
a. Knowing what researchers have discovered about the effectiveness of
discovery learning approaches to instruction
a
b. Knowing several effective ways to teach students about negative numbers
c. Making a reasonable guess as to why a particular student misbehaves just
before lunch time every day
d. Understanding why water expands when it freezes
3
Copyright © 2020, 2017, 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
@Aplusstuvia
, •• 10. Which one of the following high school teachers clearly has high self-efficacy
about his or her teaching?
a. Mr. Abbot thinks that teaching is simply a matter of reading textbook
passages aloud to his history class.
b. Ms. Bouthot has a hypothesis about why some students in her English class
rarely turn in their assignments.
c. Ms. Crosby insists that students complete their math homework using a
particular format.
d. Mr. Driver is confident that he can get even seemingly “unmotivated”
@
students excited about science.
•• 11. Which one of the following teaching practices is definitely an example of
evidence-based practice?
a. A kindergarten teacher asks students to bring something from home that
A
begins with the letter B.
b. A fourth-grade teacher uses a reading program that research has shown to
be effective for fourth graders.
pl
c. A seventh-grade science teacher asks students to conduct experiments in
which they must determine which one of several variables makes a
pendulum swing fast or more slowly.
d. A high school art teacher encourages students to choose a medium (e.g.,
us
clay, watercolor paints) that they can best use to express themselves.
•• 12. Which one of the following is the best example of qualitative research?
a. Comparing average achievement test scores for students at three different
schools
stu
b. Finding out how long it takes 6-year-olds to assemble challenging picture
puzzles
c. Interviewing middle school students about cliques at their school
d. Looking at school attendance records to identify potential school dropouts
vi
•• 13. Which one of the following conclusions could be drawn from a descriptive
study?
a. Approximately 80% of the students at Southside High School are planning
to go to college.
a
b. Students are more likely to appreciate classical music if they are exposed to
it on a regular basis.
c. Concrete experiences help students understand abstract ideas better.
d. Students do better in school when they have warm, supportive relationships
with their teachers.
• 14. A study that tells us whether two variables are associated, but does not tell us if
one variable causes or influences the other, is:
4
Copyright © 2020, 2017, 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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