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Praxis 5623: PLT 5-9 Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Albert Bandura Correct Answer: Social learning theory - Learning is a cognitive
process that takes place in a social context and can occur purely through
observation and direct instruction.
Jerome Bruner Correct Answer: Discovery Learning - It is best for learners to
discover facts and relationships for themselves.
Constructivism theory Correct Answer: Bruner, Vygotsky, Piaget, and Dewey-
People construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through
experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
John Dewey Correct Answer: The father of progressive education.
All for progressive education which emphasized the need to learn by doing. He
believed that human beings learn through "hands on" approach. Project based
learning!
Pragmatists Correct Answer: They believe that reality must be experienced.
Erik Erikson Correct Answer: eight stages of psychosocial development in which
a healthy developing individual passes through from infancy to adulthood.
Carol Gilligan Correct Answer: The ethics of care is a theory about what makes
actions morally right or wrong. She has feminist roots that tie into this.
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Lawrence Kohlberg Correct Answer: Theory of moral development which states
that morality starts from childhood years and can be affected by several
factors. Morality an be developed either negatively or positively, depending on
how an individual accomplishes the tasks before him during each stage of
moral development across lifespan.
Abraham Maslow Correct Answer: Hierarchy of needs. Students need to have
basic needs met and feel safe before learning can occur.
Maria Montessori Correct Answer: A child centered educational approach.
"Follow the hid, they will show you what they need to do."
Jean Piaget Correct Answer: Four stages of cognitive development. Children
learn through actively constructing knowledge through hands-on experience - is
a description of cognitive development (sensorimotor pre-operational,
concrete, and formal).
B.F. Skinner Correct Answer: Developed the theory of operant conditioning - A
behaviorist idea that behavior is determined by its consequences, be they
reinforcements or punishments, which make it more or less likely that the
behavior occur again.
Lev Vygotsky Correct Answer: Created the Zone of Proximal Development -
children learn through hands-on experience, but unlike Piaget, he claimed that
timely and sensitive intervention by adults when a child is on the edge of
learning a new task could help children learn new tasks. This technique is called
"scaffolding," because it builds upon knowledge children already have with new
knowledge that adults can help the child learn.
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Cooperative learning Correct Answer: students working in small groups is a
successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of
different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their
understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for
learning what is taught but also helping. Teammates learn, thus creating an
atmosphere of achievement. Students work through assignments until all group
members successfully understand and complete it.
Direct Instruction Correct Answer: Explicit teaching of a skill-set using lectures or
demonstrations of the material, rather than exploratory models such as inquiry-
based learning.
Discovery Learning Correct Answer: Exploration of data and experiences. It's a
method of inquiry-based instruction. Believes it is best for learners to discover
facts and relationships for themselves. As a result, students may be more likely to
remember concepts and knowledge discovered on their own.
Whole-group discussion Correct Answer: A form of classroom lecture where the
focus is shared between the instructor and the students for information transfer.
Independent study Correct Answer: students sets own mode of study with goals.
Interdisciplinary instruction Correct Answer: A method used to teach a unit
across different curricular disciplines. Integrated instruction also allows for
authentic assessment.
Concept Mapping Correct Answer: A technique for representing knowledge in
graphs. Knowledge graphs are networks of concepts.
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Praxis 5623: PLT 5-9 Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Albert Bandura Correct Answer: Social learning theory - Learning is a cognitive
process that takes place in a social context and can occur purely through
observation and direct instruction.
Jerome Bruner Correct Answer: Discovery Learning - It is best for learners to
discover facts and relationships for themselves.
Constructivism theory Correct Answer: Bruner, Vygotsky, Piaget, and Dewey-
People construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through
experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
John Dewey Correct Answer: The father of progressive education.
All for progressive education which emphasized the need to learn by doing. He
believed that human beings learn through "hands on" approach. Project based
learning!
Pragmatists Correct Answer: They believe that reality must be experienced.
Erik Erikson Correct Answer: eight stages of psychosocial development in which
a healthy developing individual passes through from infancy to adulthood.
Carol Gilligan Correct Answer: The ethics of care is a theory about what makes
actions morally right or wrong. She has feminist roots that tie into this.
:
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Lawrence Kohlberg Correct Answer: Theory of moral development which states
that morality starts from childhood years and can be affected by several
factors. Morality an be developed either negatively or positively, depending on
how an individual accomplishes the tasks before him during each stage of
moral development across lifespan.
Abraham Maslow Correct Answer: Hierarchy of needs. Students need to have
basic needs met and feel safe before learning can occur.
Maria Montessori Correct Answer: A child centered educational approach.
"Follow the hid, they will show you what they need to do."
Jean Piaget Correct Answer: Four stages of cognitive development. Children
learn through actively constructing knowledge through hands-on experience - is
a description of cognitive development (sensorimotor pre-operational,
concrete, and formal).
B.F. Skinner Correct Answer: Developed the theory of operant conditioning - A
behaviorist idea that behavior is determined by its consequences, be they
reinforcements or punishments, which make it more or less likely that the
behavior occur again.
Lev Vygotsky Correct Answer: Created the Zone of Proximal Development -
children learn through hands-on experience, but unlike Piaget, he claimed that
timely and sensitive intervention by adults when a child is on the edge of
learning a new task could help children learn new tasks. This technique is called
"scaffolding," because it builds upon knowledge children already have with new
knowledge that adults can help the child learn.
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
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Cooperative learning Correct Answer: students working in small groups is a
successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of
different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their
understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for
learning what is taught but also helping. Teammates learn, thus creating an
atmosphere of achievement. Students work through assignments until all group
members successfully understand and complete it.
Direct Instruction Correct Answer: Explicit teaching of a skill-set using lectures or
demonstrations of the material, rather than exploratory models such as inquiry-
based learning.
Discovery Learning Correct Answer: Exploration of data and experiences. It's a
method of inquiry-based instruction. Believes it is best for learners to discover
facts and relationships for themselves. As a result, students may be more likely to
remember concepts and knowledge discovered on their own.
Whole-group discussion Correct Answer: A form of classroom lecture where the
focus is shared between the instructor and the students for information transfer.
Independent study Correct Answer: students sets own mode of study with goals.
Interdisciplinary instruction Correct Answer: A method used to teach a unit
across different curricular disciplines. Integrated instruction also allows for
authentic assessment.
Concept Mapping Correct Answer: A technique for representing knowledge in
graphs. Knowledge graphs are networks of concepts.
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
