Learner-Centered Teaching Quiz

What is the essential role of the teacher in learner-centered teaching?

• To only use summative assessments

• To dictate all class policies and deadlines

• To allow students to memorize content

• To assist students to learn

What is the balance of power in learner-centered teaching?

• Instructor mandates all policies and deadlines

• Instructor shares some decisions with the learners

• Instructor assumes all responsibility for students' learning

• Instructor only uses summative assessments

What is the function of content in learner-centered teaching?

• The teacher does not have specific learning goals

• The teacher encourages students to transform and reflect on most content

• The teacher allows students to memorize content

• The teacher only uses summative assessments

Who should assume greater responsibility for learning in learner-centered teaching?

• Instructor shares some decisions with the learners

• Instructor mandates all class policies and deadlines

• Instructor provides increasing opportunities for students to be responsible for their own learning

• Instructor assumes all responsibility for students' learning

What are the additional purposes and processes of assessment in learner-centered teaching?

• The teacher allows students to memorize content

• The teacher encourages students to transform and reflect on most content

• The teacher consistently integrates constructive feedback and formative assessment

• The teacher only uses summative assessments and does not give constructive feedback

What does learner-centered teaching emphasize?

• The teacher as the only source of knowledge

• The learner as a passive recipient of information

• The learner as the core of the learning process

• The teacher as the core of the learning process

What is the role of the teacher in learner-centered teaching according to Weimer (2012)?

• To allow students to memorize content

• To only use summative assessments

• To engage students in the hard, messy work of learning

• To dictate all class policies and deadlines

What is the function of content in learner-centered teaching according to Blumberg (2009)?

• The teacher allows students to memorize content

• The teacher encourages students to transform and reflect on most content

• The teacher does not have specific learning goals

• The teacher only uses summative assessments

What is the purpose of assessment in learner-centered teaching according to Blumberg (2009)?

• The teacher allows students to memorize content

• The teacher encourages students to transform and reflect on most content

• The teacher does not have specific learning goals

• The teacher only uses summative assessments