Ed Psych Class #1

Which of the following strategies is least effective when you read and study educational psychology and try to apply what you learn to​ teaching?

• Corina finds one section of the chapter confusing. She finishes the chapter and then rereads the confusing section.

• Sophie skims the chapter about cognitive development and highlights main headings as she reads.

• Jenna disagrees with a concept about cognitive​ development, stops​ reading, and searches an additional source for more information.

• LaToya reads a section of the cognitive development​ chapter, pauses, recaps the​ content, and makes a summary note.

Which of the following strategies is least effective when you read and study educational psychology and try to apply what you learn to​ teaching?

• Trust your prior knowledge and existing beliefs.

• Check your own understanding as you read.

• Relate new concepts to your existing knowledge and prior experiences.

• Tie abstract concepts to concrete examples.

Which of the following statements is substantiated by​ evidence-based research?

• Some children are predominantly​ left-brain thinkers, whereas others are predominantly​ right-brain thinkers.

• Anxiety sometimes helps students learn and perform successfully in the classroom.

• Instruction is most effective when it is tailored to​ students' individual learning styles.

• Children's personalities largely result from their home environments.

The following statements tell something about the instruction practices of four different teachers. Which one of the following teaching practices is definitely an example of​ evidence-based practice?

• A high school art teacher encourages students to choose a medium​ (e.g., clay, watercolor​ paints) that they can best use to express themselves.

• A​ seventh-grade science teacher asks students to conduct experiments in which they must determine which one of several variables makes a pendulum swing fast or more slowly.

• A​ fourth-grade teacher uses a reading program that research has shown to be effective for fourth graders.

• A kindergarten teacher asks students to bring something from home that begins with the letter B.

Robert teaches​ pre-algebra to​ eighth-grade students. He read a journal article about middle school students and math homework. The study gathered information from hundreds of students about the connection between the frequency and length of homework assignments and achievement. The study found that shorter but more frequent homework assignments were linked to higher mathematics achievement. This is an example of​ a(n) _____ study.

• correlational

• experimental

• quasi-experimental

• descriptive

Which one of the following is the best example of qualitative​ research?

• Finding out how long it takes​ 6-year-olds to assemble challenging picture puzzles

• Interviewing middle school students about cliques at their school

• Comparing average achievement test scores for students at three different schools

• Looking at school attendance records to identify potential school dropouts

A high school in a rural county has one of the highest high school dropout rates in the state. Which of the following is a good example of action research that professionals at the school could​ do?

• A teacher task force works together to learn the latest educational research about the best dropout prevention interventions for rural areas.

• The principal lobbies the school department and the state to raise the age at which a student may drop out from 16 to 18.

• Teachers work together to research and identify the underlying causes of the dropout rate at their school.

• The teachers and administration adopt a new intervention program and assess how effective it is in their school.

Assessment of student achievement should occur

• according to a regimented schedule of evaluation.

• primarily in​ year-end comprehensive​ examinations, such as standardized tests.

• ​frequently, using both formal and informal methods.

• only when students struggle to learn new concepts.

Which beginning teacher exhibits behaviors that are most likely to result in​ long-term expertise as a​ teacher?

• Karmen meets with fellow​ third-grade teachers every Friday to collaborate about the upcoming​ week's content.

• Carlos greets his sixth graders as they arrive each morning and tries to develop good relationships with them.

• Juvante spends time in the gym every week with several other middle school teachers and coaches.

• Tiana makes her lesson plans a week ahead and reworks them in an effort to perfect her presentations for her English class.

Which statement would most likely encourage a teacher to engage in reflective teaching​ practice?

• To teach is to touch a life forever.

• Teach the way your teachers taught you.

• By learning you will​ teach, and by teaching you will learn.

• Teach the way you like to be taught.