Question 1

The textbook suggests that students often engage in rote learning rather than meaningful learning of school subject matter because:

Accepted Answer

Classroom assessment practices often encourage rote learning by focusing on memorization and recall rather than understanding and application, leading students to prioritize rote learning strategies.

Question 2

Each of the teachers below has students with misconceptions about the material they are studying. Three of the teachers are using strategies that should help their students correct these misconceptions. Which teacher is not using an effective strategy for changing misconceptions?

Accepted Answer

Simply reminding students that they will be tested on the material does not necessarily address misconceptions. It may motivate students to study, but it does not correct their misunderstandings. The other strategies actively challenge and correct misconceptions by giving corrective feedback, presenting contradictory situations, and showing how the true explanation is more plausible than existing beliefs.

Question 3

Describe what psychologists mean when they say that attention and working memory have a limited capacity. Discuss an implication of this limited capacity for students' learning.

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Question 4

George does not know the days of the week. You want him to be able to recite all seven days in order,beginning with Sunday. Devise a superimposed meaningful structure you might use to help George remember the days.

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Question 5

The German word for "rabbit" is Kaninchen. Develop two different mnemonics for remembering this vocabulary word,one using each of the following two techniques:
a. Verbal mediation
b. Keyword method

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Question 6

Choose a topic on which you might give a short explanation or lecture to students. With effective memory storage processes in mind,describe three different strategies you might use to help students store the information in their long-term memories easily and effectively. Using information processing theory,give a theoretical rationale for each of the strategies you propose.

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Question 7

Many psychologists believe that human memory has three components. Describe each of these components,including both its capacity and its duration. Explain how students must process information so that it arrives at the third and final component.

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Question 8

Three of the following children have been diagnosed as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Which one is least likely to have ADHD?

Accepted Answer

Ben's behavior is typical for many children who enjoy physical activity and may become restless without it, but it doesn't necessarily indicate ADHD. The other children exhibit more classic symptoms of ADHD, such as inattention and hyperactivity.

Question 9

Three of the following examples illustrate specific strategies that can be effective in helping students with learning disabilities learn classroom material. Which strategy is least likely to be effective with these children?

Accepted Answer

Russell's teacher suggests that he listen to his favorite radio station while he studies for tomorrow's spelling test. This strategy is least likely to be effective with these children because it is likely to be distracting and make it difficult for Russell to focus on his studies.

Question 10

Research tells us that students' misconceptions about a topic are often quite resistant to change,yet sometimes misconceptions must change if students are to acquire an accurate understanding of the world around them. Describe at least three teaching strategies that theorists believe should help students change their misconceptions about the world.

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Question 11

Some learning theorists propose that learning is a process of constructing knowledge. Explain the role that construction plays in each of the following,illustrating your discussion of each with a concrete example:
a. Long-term memory storage
b. Long-term memory retrieval

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Question 12

Describe what psychologists mean by the terms schema and script,and illustrate each of these concepts with a concrete example. Then explain how schemas and scripts sometimes play a role in learning and knowledge construction.

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Question 13

Many psychologists propose that learning often involves elaboration. Explain what they mean by the term elaboration,and give a concrete example to illustrate it. Then explain:
a. Why educational psychologists recommend that students elaborate as much as possible
b. Why different people often elaborate on the same information differently
c. Why elaboration sometimes leads to the storage of inaccurate information

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Question 14

Several teachers tell you that they are "teaching to students' right brains" by spending a lot of time on painting,map interpretation,geometry,and other highly visual and/or spatial activities. Critique their claim using what you have learned about how the human brain functions.

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Quiz 2: Learning, cognition, and Memory