, Chapter 1
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND
TEACHER DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER OUTLINE RELEVANT TEST BANK ITEMS
TEACHING AS DECISION MAKING Multiple-Choice 1
USING RESEARCH IN CLASSROOM DECISION MAKING Multiple-Choice 2–19
Drawing Conclusions from Research Essay 32–33
APPLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES IN CLASSROOM DECISION Multiple-Choice 20–21
MAKING
IMPORTANCE OF REGULAR ASSESSMENTS IN CLASSROOM Multiple-Choice 22–23
DECISION MAKING
ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM Multiple-Choice 24–26
,DEVELOPING AS A TEACHER Multiple-Choice 27–30
STUDYING EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EFFECTIVELY Multiple-Choice 31
Multiple-Choice Questions
• 1. On average, teachers make nontrivial instructional decisions:
a. Many times over the course of the school day
b. About once an hour
c. Primarily when they develop their lesson plans
d. Primarily when they identify their instructional goals and objectives at the
beginning of the school year
, • 2. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, which one of the
following is a true statement?
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.
• 3. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, which one of the
following is a true statement?
a. Most experts discourage teachers from having children tutor one another.
b. By the time children are eight or nine years old, most of them have developed
effective ways of learning classroom material.
c. Students who see a classmate rewarded for doing something may engage in
the same behavior themselves.
d. Students are usually the best judges of what they do and do not know.
•• 4. Which one of the following is an example of elaboration?
a. Sharon automatically knows how she can best study for an upcoming history
test.
b. Melissa makes up stories to help her remember the various species she
studies in biology.
c. Darren repeats the detailed excuses his friend Logan suggests he use to
explain his tardiness.
d. Rosie repeats the spelling of each word several times the night before her
spelling test.
• 5. A study that tells us whether two variables are associated, but does not tell us if
one variable causes or influences the other, is a(n):
a. Correlational study
b. Descriptive study
c. Experimental study without a control group
d. Experimental study with one or more control groups
• 6. Which one of the following statements about educational research is true?
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND
TEACHER DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER OUTLINE RELEVANT TEST BANK ITEMS
TEACHING AS DECISION MAKING Multiple-Choice 1
USING RESEARCH IN CLASSROOM DECISION MAKING Multiple-Choice 2–19
Drawing Conclusions from Research Essay 32–33
APPLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES IN CLASSROOM DECISION Multiple-Choice 20–21
MAKING
IMPORTANCE OF REGULAR ASSESSMENTS IN CLASSROOM Multiple-Choice 22–23
DECISION MAKING
ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM Multiple-Choice 24–26
,DEVELOPING AS A TEACHER Multiple-Choice 27–30
STUDYING EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EFFECTIVELY Multiple-Choice 31
Multiple-Choice Questions
• 1. On average, teachers make nontrivial instructional decisions:
a. Many times over the course of the school day
b. About once an hour
c. Primarily when they develop their lesson plans
d. Primarily when they identify their instructional goals and objectives at the
beginning of the school year
, • 2. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, which one of the
following is a true statement?
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.
• 3. Considering the research findings described in the textbook, which one of the
following is a true statement?
a. Most experts discourage teachers from having children tutor one another.
b. By the time children are eight or nine years old, most of them have developed
effective ways of learning classroom material.
c. Students who see a classmate rewarded for doing something may engage in
the same behavior themselves.
d. Students are usually the best judges of what they do and do not know.
•• 4. Which one of the following is an example of elaboration?
a. Sharon automatically knows how she can best study for an upcoming history
test.
b. Melissa makes up stories to help her remember the various species she
studies in biology.
c. Darren repeats the detailed excuses his friend Logan suggests he use to
explain his tardiness.
d. Rosie repeats the spelling of each word several times the night before her
spelling test.
• 5. A study that tells us whether two variables are associated, but does not tell us if
one variable causes or influences the other, is a(n):
a. Correlational study
b. Descriptive study
c. Experimental study without a control group
d. Experimental study with one or more control groups
• 6. Which one of the following statements about educational research is true?
