Research has shown that consistently having students retrieve information actually increases the ability to retrieve that same information. This is known as ______.
a. encoding
b. meaningful learning
c. testing effects
d. retrieval repetition
c. testing effects
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Three sources of ideas for a project approach are ________________________________________, __________________________________________________, and _______________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Three of the following illustrate the Gestalt notion that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts." Which one does not reflect this idea?
a. Abby notices that a row of flashing lights look like a single moving light. b. Bobby gazes at the stars and notices how a cluster of seven stars forms the shape of a tennis racket. c. Cubby is learning the concept brighter. He is shown a dim light and a bright light and told that the second light is brighter. When he later sees the same bright light and an even brighter one, he correctly identifies the new light as being brighter. d. Debby learns that "2 plus 2 equals 4" and repeats this fact to herself over and over again until she knows it perfectly.
In regards to racial categorization, the most important issue that educators must address is ___________________.
a. the achievement gap between White and Black students b. segregation in the classroom c. the false assumption that all people within a defined category act, think, and believe in the same way d. providing opportunities for students to pursue postsecondary education
Contestants in a talent show have been asked to write a speech on Martin Luther King. Based on Zajonc's research on social facilitation-impairment we can expect that contestants perform _________ on the speech writing task when watched by an audience ________ when they write the speech without an audience
a. Better; than b. Slightly better; than c. Worse; than d. The same; as