WGU D664 QUIZ: INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXTS & LEARNING SCIENCE | QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
Quiz: Instructional Contexts & Learning Science
3 E8
Name: Date:
1. What is the main focus of the cognitive learning context?
A. Why students try to learn
B. How students understand, organize, remember, and apply information
C. Who students learn with
D. How teachers grade students
2. Which instructional technique is an example of a cognitive technique?
A. Reward systems
B. Think-pair-share
C. Retrieval practice
D. Choosing partners
3. Which technique is designed to increase student interest and engagement?
A. Reward systems
B. Chunking
C. Modeling
D. Retrieval practice
4. Offering students choices can help support which context?
A. Motivational
B. Cognitive
C. Social only
D. Assessment
5. Which is an example of a social learning technique?
A. Spaced practice
B. Mnemonic devices
C. Peer teaching
D. Reflection journals
6. What is metacognition?
A. Memorizing facts without thinking about them
B. Directing, monitoring, evaluating, and managing your own learning
C. Working only in groups
D. Receiving rewards for good grades
7. Which technique best aligns with the principle of metacognition?
A. Planning checklists
B. Reward systems
C. Learning centers
D. Group projects
8. Why can productive struggle support learning?
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
Quiz: Instructional Contexts & Learning Science
3 E8
Name: Date:
1. What is the main focus of the cognitive learning context?
A. Why students try to learn
B. How students understand, organize, remember, and apply information
C. Who students learn with
D. How teachers grade students
2. Which instructional technique is an example of a cognitive technique?
A. Reward systems
B. Think-pair-share
C. Retrieval practice
D. Choosing partners
3. Which technique is designed to increase student interest and engagement?
A. Reward systems
B. Chunking
C. Modeling
D. Retrieval practice
4. Offering students choices can help support which context?
A. Motivational
B. Cognitive
C. Social only
D. Assessment
5. Which is an example of a social learning technique?
A. Spaced practice
B. Mnemonic devices
C. Peer teaching
D. Reflection journals
6. What is metacognition?
A. Memorizing facts without thinking about them
B. Directing, monitoring, evaluating, and managing your own learning
C. Working only in groups
D. Receiving rewards for good grades
7. Which technique best aligns with the principle of metacognition?
A. Planning checklists
B. Reward systems
C. Learning centers
D. Group projects
8. Why can productive struggle support learning?
