NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsEDBED1008
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is learning?
a)
A change in behaviour that is due to experience
b)
The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience or being taught
c)
There is no general agreement about the definition of learning
d)
A change in behaviour due to a regularity in the environment
2.
Piaget argued that children’s development occur in the sequence of 4 stages. What are the four stages?
a)
Pre concrete, pre-operational, concrete and formal
b)
Sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete and formal
c)
Informal, formal, concrete, abstract
d)
Concrete, abstract, sensory, operational
3.
What are open-ended questions?
a)
Questions which require one definitive answer
b)
Questions which are open to interpretation
c)
Questions which cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no
d)
Questions which encourage accuracy
4.
Reflective practice is...
a)
careful
consideration of both “seeing” and “action” to enhance the
possibilities of learning through experience.
b)
providing
feedback to support learning
c)
the stimulation of inner curiosity
d)
formal research into teaching practice
5.
Behaviourism is a learning theory which describes teaching as...
a)
reinforcement and feedback
b)
social and collaborative
c)
engaging and rewarding
d)
repetition
and reinforcement
6.
Cognitivism is a learning theory which ...
a)
describes learning as a response to external stimuli
b)
emphasizes human cognition or intelligence as a special endowment enabling man to form hypotheses and develop intellectually
c)
allows us to understand the human brain
d)
discusses the human brain as a black box where the learner is passive
7.
Constructivism describes
a)
how people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
b)
how learning occurs through natural interaction with others and their environment
c)
how we learn by experience
d)
how learning is constructed by the brain
8.
Humanism is
a)
a theory which describes humans as active and social
b)
an approach to education based on the work of humanistic psychologists, most notably Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.
c)
a theory which was developed by Sigmund Freud to understand human deveopment
d)
a pedagogical approach adopted by teachers in alternative education settings
9.
Creative learning requires teaching that…
a)
boosts intrinsic motivation and disciplined self-learning (ability to feel rewarded by the activity itself) as well as knowledge of and interest in a learning area
b)
sets clear learning intentions and success criteria
c)
encourages certain patterns of behaving and thinking
d)
enables students to understand their limitations and the boundaries of the task at hand
10.
True or False?
Creativity can be learned: it is not restricted to exceptional people and it is not even a solitary activity
Creativity can be learned: it is not restricted to exceptional people and it is not even a solitary activity
a)
True
b)
False
11.
WHAT IS PEDAGOGY?
a)
teacher's ability to craft learning experiences
b)
teacher's knowledge of the curriculum
c)
the ability to make instructional decisions
d)
the science and art of education, the craft of teaching
12.
Which of these DO NOT apply to the faciliation of divergent thinking?
a)
Encouraging the numbers—collecting every possible idea
b)
Supporting the strange—striving for the unusual and encouraging different perspectives
c)
Deferring judgment (this includes both criticism and praise)
d)
Applying a sequence of thinking skills
13.
Motivation, as it applies to students, is...
a)
your energy, inclination, and interest to learn and to work hard at school.
b)
your ability to stay focussed and engaged
c)
your capacity to learn in challenging situations
d)
your ability to reach your goal
14.
True or False?
Low self-efficacy beliefs, unfortunately, impede academic achievement and, in the long run, create self-fulfilling prophecies of failure and learned helplessness that can devastate psychological well-being.
Low self-efficacy beliefs, unfortunately, impede academic achievement and, in the long run, create self-fulfilling prophecies of failure and learned helplessness that can devastate psychological well-being.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Sources of Self-Efficacy include:
a)
task performance, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion and physiological reactions or states
b)
teacher rewards, self motivation and extrinsic reinforcement
c)
verbal feedback, written feedback and assessment based on educational benchmarks
d)
test scores, teacher feedback, positive self-talk and emotional awareness
16.
True or False?
Streaming based on ability grouping can be seen to increase inequities between students
Streaming based on ability grouping can be seen to increase inequities between students
a)
True
b)
False
17.
True or False?
Poverty and ethnic minority are inextricably linked to lower levels of student achievement.
Poverty and ethnic minority are inextricably linked to lower levels of student achievement.
a)
True
b)
False
Reset
