Review Ch.3 Education Theories

Which of the following describes the guiding principle of an instructor’s education style?

• Teaching philosophy
• Schema theory
• Cognitive intelligence
• Operant conditioning

Which of the following describes the cognitivism scholar Jean Piaget?

• Looked into how children learn and their development of cognitive intelligence
• Indicated children’s thinking process takes a completely different approach compared to adults
• Pointed out the key components of a person’s cognitive development
• All of the answer choices are correct

Which of the following does NOT describe the preoperational stage?

• Happens among children between the ages of two and seven
• Refers to the period of time when children spend more time playing and pretending
• Children have a difficult time thinking logically and seeing things from different perspectives
• Children can use deductive reasoning and understand abstract concepts

Which of the following types of learners tend to learn more effectively by thinking the situation through?

• Reflective learners
• Sensory learners
• Active learners
• Global learners

Which of the following types of learners like innovation and dislikes repetition?

• Reflective learners
• Sequential learners
• Sensory learners
• Intuitive learners

Which of the following is NOT correct about sequential learners?

• They tend to gain information with a linear process
• They like to solve problems following a logical sequence
• They can easily digest random information without seeing connections
• They prefer information presented in an orderly manner

Which of the following is known as the process of taking in new information into the already existing schemas?

• Equilibration
• Compensation
• Assimilation
• Accommodation

A little boy has only seen small dogs and he believes a dog to be a small, furry animal. If he sees a large dog and incorporates it into the word “dog”, which of the following processes is being described?

• Equilibration
• Compensation
• Assimilation
• Accommodation

Which of the following describes the period of time when children begin to think more logically, but have a hard time understanding abstract and hypothetical concepts?

• Sensorimotor stage
• Preoperational stage
• Concrete operational stage
• Formal operational stage

Which of the following describes the scholar who developed the theory where learning happens through a process called classical conditioning?

• Carl Rogers
• Lev Vygotsky
• Ivan Pavlov
• Reggio Emilia