What is metacognition?
a. Grand thinking
c. Ability to think about our own thinking
b. Grandiose ideas
d. Ability to think about others’ thinking
ANS: C
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Even when presented with a seemingly random list of words to recall, people spontaneously cluster the words into categories. For example, when presented with a list like "milk, dog, cat, juice," they might cluster milk and juice together as beverages and cat and dog together as animals. This spontaneous ____ reflects the way memory is structured
a. reality monitoring b. distributed learning c. retrospective memory d. organization of information
Active Learning Video: Metalinguistic AwarenessClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 335 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following question:Since Molly understands that a word is not the same as what it refers to, she possesses ___________________.
A. metalinguistic cognition B. metalinguistic reasoning C. metalinguistic abilities D. metalinguistic awareness
Which of the following would be an indication that an activity is a good classroom problem solving experience?
a. Students all solve a problem using the same process. b. Students are pleased when they have the answer. c. Students all agree about how to solve the problem. d. Students solve the problem through several different techniques.
Much of what makes portfolio assessment effective is that it is
a. derived from students' increased awareness of their own learning. b. based on teachers' professional knowledge of content literacy. c. devoted to showing that standardized tests are invalid measures. d. concentrated on knowledge of content over knowledge of process.