A biology teacher wants students to remember the various components of a cell (nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane). Considering what research tells us about long-term memory storage, the teacher would be well advised to help students encode information about the cell:
a. Primarily in a visual form, because visual images usually remain vivid in memory for a long period of time
b. Primarily in a verbal form, because language underlies much of human learning
c. In both visual and verbal forms, because multiple forms of encoding increase the likelihood of retrieval
d. In a relatively unencoded form for a few days, to allow for greater flexibility in encoding later on
c
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Describe how Sternberg's triarchic view of intelligence may be applied to instruction and assessment in your classroom
What will be an ideal response?
Before Kevin began reading, he opened his notebook and put a line down the middle of the page. At the top of the page he wrote "Three Branches of the Federal Government." On the left-hand side of the paper he wrote facts and ideas he knew about the topic. After reading he wrote in facts and ideas he learned from reading the passage. This name of this strategy is
A) first-person summaries? B) ?two-column note-taking C) ?prewriting D) ?double-entry journal
In which family of instruction is knowledge seen as continuously constructed and reconstructed by individuals
and groups of learners?
a. social b. behavioral c. information processing d. direct instruction
When parents/caregivers are involved in their children's education, students
a. become less responsible for their own learning because they rely on adults to chart the course for them. b. tend to be more academically successful and less disruptive at school because of the encouragement and support they receive. c. earn slightly lower grades than peers whose parents are not involved, but typically are not behavior problems because their parents monitor their behavior. d. earn higher grades than their peers, but are less likely to engage in positive peer relationships because of the stigma of their parents' involvement in their lives.