Education Theories - Prin.

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