Question 1

Select a particular academic lesson and comprehensively develop a way to teach it that incorporates the notion of situated cognition.

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Question 2

Identify several ways that teachers and peers can be joint contributors to students' learning.

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Question 3

Identify two conditions that are necessary for successful cooperative learning.

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Question 4

List the ways teachers can create a cooperative community.

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Question 5

Describe an activity that illustrates scaffolding of students' learning.

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Question 6

If recruiting volunteers to serve as classroom aides is advantageous for tutoring opportunities, present a feasible way to recruit individuals.

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Question 7

Come up with a list of group rewards a teacher could feasibly offer for cooperative learning groups.

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Question 8

Create a memo that outlines guidelines for using peer tutoring in a classroom.

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Question 9

Create a specific academic activity using the Jigsaw approach.

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Question 10

Evaluate the importance of school-parent cooperation.

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Question 11

List three strategies for promoting students' team-building skills.

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Question 12

Synthesizing across the suggestions, describe the issues that need to be considered when structuring students' work in small groups.

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Question 13

Outline a cooperative learning activity developing each group member's role and how it facilitates learning of the academic content.

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Question 14

Describe three strategies that encourage reflection and discussion as depicted in Brown and Campione's Fostering a Community of Learners.

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Question 15

Synthesizing across the shared elements of many social constructivist programs, offer three examples of features exemplifying an effective implementation of such a program.

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Question 16

A common element of formal social constructivist programs is the use of computer technology to supplement students' learning. Create an activity that systematically incorporates the use of technology into a classroom assignment.

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Question 17

"The Schools for Thought" project is currently expanding some activities into packaged starter units. Create a proposal for such a starter unit for an elementary classroom.

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Question 18

Research shows that the tutoring program known as Success for All potentially has positive effects in students' reading achievement. Outline the primary aspects of this program and discuss why you believe the program is positively influencing students' reading achievement.

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Question 19

Demonstrate how you might scaffold students' learning to write in cursive.

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Question 20

An important teaching strategy for effective use of peer-tutoring is to educate those students who will be tutoring. What skills would you feel are important to provide to future tutors?

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Quiz 10: Social Constructivist Approaches