Instructor Test Chapter 4

Which statement defines an interactive lecture?

• An interactive lecture involves learners in educational games.
• An interactive lecture utilizes social media for online shopping.
• An interactive lecture combines methods and techniques.
• An interactive lecture replaces the textbook.

Why do professional educators use icebreakers with their learners?

• Icebreakers encourage a competitive learning environment.
• Icebreakers help learners focus on their problems together.
• Icebreakers are short activities used to energize learners.
• Icebreakers cause learners to experience minor levels of anxiety.

Identify the technique used by professional educators that enables learners to interpret content more easily.

• Professional educators develop a workbook to supplement each lesson of a course.
• Professional educators include extraneous content into the lesson to make it more appealing.
• Professional educators incorporate activities focused on abstract thinking.
• Professional educators introduce characterization to transform content to understanding.

In the context of teaching and learning aids, which of the following statements is true about handouts.

• They include stories, brief anecdotes, or testimonials.
• They require learners to write down everything that is being covered in a lecture.
• They include a variety of activity types to address different learner styles.
• They enable learners to translate the content of a lesson into personages they can relate to.

Which strategy does a professional educator introduce when learners' attention diminishes and the educator needs to change the pace?

• The professional educator shows a video as a way to change content delivery.
• The professional educator employs an energizer.
• The professional educator distributes a worksheet to give learners another activity to do.
• The professional educator gives learners a five-minute break.

What is the benefit to the learner when the professional educator injects a humor into the lecture.

• The learner appreciates the reprive from the sriousness of the learning environment.
• The professional educator adds a few expletives, thereby humanizing them in the learner's eyes.
• Learners and professional educators bond since everyone relates to feelings of failure and success.
• The professional educator uses humor to gently criticize someone in the learning content.

How would a professional educator summarize the use of videos as a method of delivering course content?

• Video presentations give learners a break from the typical class.
• Video presentations reflect different learning styles and intelligences.
• Video presentations provide a way to cover content during the professional educator's absence.
• Video presentations enable learners to minimize their attention span for a short time.

Why do professional educators utilize engagement methods in their teaching?

• Learners need consistent reinforcement of content.
• Learners retain content in a more meaningful way.
• Learners challenge professional educators to improve the delivery of their content.
• Learners connect with their fellow learners based on the activity.

What is the benefit to the learner who utilizes computer simulations?

• Designed at the most basic level, computer simulations help learners with poor technology skills.
• Because of their design, simulations prevent any risk to the client and reduce performance pressure.
• Some simulations are done solely by the learner, the pressure of group competition is avoided.
• Since simulations offer procedural interactions, the decision-making content is taught by the professional educator.

Why do professional educators limit the size of a group to no more than seven members?

• Too large a group invites too many opinions and judgments.
• Too large a group limits the professional educator's ability to observe group discussions.
• Too large a group hinders member participation.
• Too large a group gives the group leader control over their fellow learners.