Unit Two Skills to Support your Journey Part One Exam Review

True or False

Commonly held facts about education change frequently.

• True

• False

True or False

We change every time we learn something new.

(a)  

True or False

The internet and social media are great, dependable, reliable, and accurate when it comes

to information.

(a)  

An essential characteristic of effective learning is the ability to think about one's thinking (to learn about learning). The term used to describe this activity is

• neuroscience

• metacognition

• electrochemistry

• all of the above

Being persistent in working towards a goal in school and not giving up – even if it is hard work and takes a long time – is a quality referred to as

• academic grit

• drive theory

• innate drive

• all of the above

True or False

Perseverance and grit were better predictors of success than talent and IQ according to

a study by Angela Duckworth.

(a)  

Which of the following is an idea reflecting grit?

• "My third-grade teacher told me that I didn't have a mind for math and I have always struggled to understand math problems."

• "I'm good at somethings and not so good at others. No one is good at everything."

• "I just kept telling myself to try again and I didn't give up even though it was hard and took me a long time to finish."

• none of these

What does GRIT stand for?

• Grasp, Repeat, Instill, Try again

• Growth, Resilience, Instinct, Tenacity

• Generate ideas, Restate in your own words, Intellectualize with probing questions, Test yourself

• all of the above

What is UGT?

• Uses and Gratification Theory

• A learner-centered approach based on personal choices

• A framework for choosing information and learning activities with the end results in mind.

• all of the above

UGT is different than other learning theories because it is based on

• how learning content affects the learning outcome.

• the learner's own wants and expectations

• the ways delivery systems affect the learning process.

• none of the above