Cognitivism

Which of the following statements is concerned with cognitivism?

• Filtering the input from the world to create one’s own reality and takes an active role in the process

• Responding to the external stimulus is the main source of information and the learner doesn’t play active role

• Learning is associated with changes between states of knowledge rather than with changes in the probability of response

A structured instructional flow a is must in cognitivism?

• True

• False

According to the cognitive view of learning, ___________ largely determines what learners pay attention to, perceive, learn, remember, and forget?

• conditional knowledge

• prior knowledge

• procedural knowledge

In which of the following scenarios can cognitivism be used effectively?

• Students will be able to recall a time when they experienced fear

• Students will be able to describe the effect of fear in decision making

• Students to debate on “Fear should be used as a motivator in classrooms”

Which of the following characteristics IS NOT reflective of a cognitive view of learning?

• The outcome of learning is an observable behavior

• Reinforcement is seen as information

• Humans are active learners

Memorising periodic table elements with the use of mnemonics falls under which theory?

• Behaviorism

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cognitivism?

• Instruction style based on a student’s existing mental Performance

• The flow of learning can get unstructured

• arranging practice with feedback so that the new information is effectively absorbed

• understanding that individuals bring varied information processing abilities and experiences to the learning situation

While learning the process of precipitation, a student connected her learning and recalled how while boiling water she saw drops on the lid, is this cognitivism?

• True

• False

Which statement explains the limited use of stimuli in Cognitivism?

• With this theory, primary concern is how the association between the stimulus and response is made

• This theory is concerned with how information is received, organized, stored, and retrieved by the mind

• Specific instructional or real-world events will trigger particular responses, but the learner must believe that the knowledge is useful in a given situation before he or she will activate it

In grade five, an English teacher is exploring the different forms of tenses in grammar (Present Past and Future tense), which of the following tasks given will fall under cognitivism? (assuming children are versed with the differences in three tenses)

• Identify the tense of the sentence written on the blackboard

• Convert the tense of the gives statements in the worksheet

• Create a story in past tense and enact the same using a script in present tense