1499EDN Week 7 Cognitive Views of Learning

Which is not a feature of constructivism:

• learners are active in their building ofknowledge

• teachers provide experiences to help children build on existing knowledge

• learners discover ideas completely for themselves

• learners are self-regulated

Guided discovery learning allows students to autonomously explore learning materials.

• True

• False

As part of the construction and negotiation of knowledge, social constructivists particularly value:

• explicit teaching

• peer-to-peer scaffolding

• the role of the individual

• cognition

Social constructivism focuses on:

• social and cultural processes in learning

• the individual as the most important factor in learning

• Vygotsky’s beliefs regarding learning

• psychological issues in learning

Skillful questioning and self-questioning are key features of reciprocal teaching.

• True

• False

In collaborative learning, groups have:

• less autonomy, and the teacher is actively involved

• more autonomy, with the teacher less actively involved

• more autonomy, and the teacher is actively involved

• less autonomy, with the teacher is less actively involved

Constructivist approaches to learning are very effective as they take minimal time to set up

• True

• False

The correct ordering of cognitive skills in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy is:

• evaluating, creating, understanding, remembering, applying,

  analysing

• understanding, remembering, applying, analysing, evaluating, creating

• remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating, creating

• understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating,

  creating, remembering

Short-term memory is more correctly referred to as the:

• sensory memory

• working memory

• executive control

• procedural memory

Short term memory has a limited capacity to hold approximately:

• one item

• two items

• seven items

• 10-20 items