Question 1

Ms. Webster tells students, "The author of our history textbook knows what he's talking about. He's a well-respected scholar whose specialty is the period we're reading about this month: colonial America." Although such a statement might certainly be beneficial in some respects, it has which one of the following drawbacks?

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By stating that the author of the textbook is a well-respected scholar, the teacher is implying that the information in the textbook is accurate and should not be questioned. This is unlikely to foster an inclination to critically evaluate textbook content, which is an important skill for students to develop.

Question 2

Distinguish between general and specific transfer, and give a concrete example of each to illustrate the distinction. Describe the four perspectives of transfer listed below in terms of their views on general and specific transfer:
a. Formal discipline
b. Similarity of stimuli and responses
c. Information processing
d. Situated learning

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Question 3

If you wanted students to learn how to critically evaluate what they read on Internet websites, you would be most likely to:

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Asking students to consider the motives of the people creating the websites will help them to critically evaluate the bias or potential agenda behind the information presented on the website. It will also help them to determine the credibility and reliability of the information presented. This is a more comprehensive approach compared to simply checking how recently the information was posted or relying on the sponsorship of the website. Additionally, the attractiveness of the website design does not necessarily reflect the quality or accuracy of the information presented.

Question 4

Describe three different strategies you might use to encourage students to engage in critical thinking about a topic. Illustrate each strategy with a concrete example.

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Question 5

Three of the following teaching strategies should promote critical thinking. Which strategy, although beneficial in other ways, will not necessarily promote critical thinking skills?

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Although relating new information to prior knowledge is a beneficial teaching strategy, it does not necessarily promote critical thinking skills. The other three choices specifically target critical thinking skills by teaching them directly, challenging students to think beyond their own beliefs, and analyzing the effectiveness of argumentation.

Question 6

Describe five different things that teachers can do to facilitate students' transfer of what is learned in the classroom to real-world situations and problems.

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Question 7

Describe the roles that the following four factors play in problem solving, and illustrate each factor's role with a concrete example:
a. Working memory capacity
b. Encoding processes
c. Long-term memory retrieval
d. Metacognition

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Question 8

Choose a particular content domain
e.g., math, science, history, English literature) and give two examples that critical thinking in that domain might entail. Your examples should reflect two of the following forms of critical thinking:
-Verbal reasoning
-Argument analysis
-Probabilistic reasoning
-Hypothesis testing

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e.g., math, science,...

Question 9

Imagine that you are teaching a course in human learning to future teachers. You want students to transfer what they learn in their class to their own teaching practice. Describe three strategies you might use to help students transfer what they learn in your class.

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Question 10

Distinguish between positive and negative transfer, and give a concrete example of each to illustrate the distinction.

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Question 11

Transfer what you have learned about transfer and problem solving to a professional situation in which you might find yourself. More specifically:
a. Using either an educational or therapeutic context, describe a specific idea or principle you might want students or clients to apply outside the educational or therapeutic setting. In particular, describe what information you would want them to learn within the educational or therapeutic context, and how you hope they would transfer it in dealing with the outside world.
b. Explain how your students' or clients' success in transferring this information and/or using it to solve problems might be more or less successful depending on:
i. How they encode/store the original information, and the extent to which they elaborate on it
ii. How they encode/store the transfer/problem-solving situation, and the extent to which they elaborate on that situation

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Question 12

According to the text book, Which of the following factors does not influence a person's critical thinking skills?

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The textbook states that income does not have a significant influence on a person's critical thinking skills. However, personality characteristics, epistemic beliefs, and cultural upbringing can all impact a person's ability to think critically.

Quiz 13: Transfer, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking Chapter 13 Transfer, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking Multiple Choice Questions