Mrs. Everett sees that several of her students fail to recognize that exciting is an adjective, so she gives the students another passage in which some of the adjectives appear before the noun and others follow the noun. Then, when she assesses the students, she sees that nearly all of them are able to identify adjectives that appear before nouns as well as those that follow nouns
Of the following, which principle of cognitive learning theory best explains why the students would now have a better understanding of adjectives?
a. Learning and development depend on learners' experiences.
b. Learners construct knowledge with the support of more knowledgeable peers.
c. Social interaction facilitates learning.
d. Learning depends on practice and feedback.
a
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In an integrated curriculum, children are able to experience learning:
a. as the teacher presents it. b. as time permits. c. as a whole. d. as the teacher presents it, as time permits, and as a whole.
When selecting digital resources, teachers should consider all the following EXCEPT:
a) Whether the resource will engage the students with the content. b) Whether the resource will challenge students to learn better. c) Whether the students will use the content to develop conceptual understanding. d) Whether the resource will be supported by multiple platforms
Understanding where to put the decimal is an issue with multiplication and division of decimals. What method below supports a fuller understanding?
a) Rewrite decimals in their fractional equivalents. b) Rewrite decimals as whole numbers, compute and count place value. c) Rewrite decimals to the nearest tenths or hundredths. d) Rewrite decimals on 10 by 10 grids.
Studies show that the majority of questions asked in a day are convergent and a small portion divergent. This might be explained because of all of the following except:
A) achievement tests (standardized) use multiple choice items that generally test at lower levels of cognitive complexity B) the diversity of responses expected from divergent questions may prohibit large amounts of class time devoted to divergent questioning C) the content best suited for teaching higher order behaviors constitutes only a small amount of the content in existing texts D) convergent questions are more effective than divergent in testing higher order thinking