Define and give an illustration of far transfer
What will be an ideal response?
Far transfer occurs when previously learned knowledge and skills are used much later on dissimilar tasks and under different conditions. An example is a high school student who joins the debating society and learns debating skills writing an award- winning essay years later as a journalist.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
The Strong Interest Inventory was first developed in 1928 as the Strong Interest Blank.
Which is true regarding assessing students with special needs in order to determine program eligibility?
a. Often, teachers use assessments called diagnostic measures because they assess a student across a variety of skill areas. b. There are established procedures for diagnosing exceptional conditions, and a team of people talk about the results of the assessments and decide whether the student qualifies as having a particular disability or exceptionality. c. “What does the assessment tell me about what I should be teaching my students?” d. Many school districts administer an achievement test and place the results in each student’s cumulative folder.
The computer makes it possible:
a) To help all except special needs children b) For boys to become more expert than girls c) For the teacher to serve as a learning aid d) For all children to improve their self-image
Two boys are fighting on school grounds. Fighting is against school rules, and the boys know this. Even so, a teacher who sees them lets them continue to fight rather than punishing them for doing so. From the perspective of social cognitive theory, these boys will be:
a. Less likely to fight in the future b. More likely to fight in the future c. Likely to feel guilty when they stop fighting d. Likely to imitate more appropriate social behaviors on future occasions