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18: OCR development - application to education

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Piaget says children are like 'little scientists' and can find things out for themselves. Schools should therefore use which kind of learning?

a)

direct instruction by the teacher

b)

discovery learning by the children

c)

group work

d)

presentations

2.

What is the structure of the British education system linked to?

a)

Dweck's theory of mindsets

b)

Piaget's stages of cognitive development

c)

Stages of brain development

d)

Willingham's theories about meaning for learning

3.

Children should not be taught certain concepts until they are at the right stage of cognitive development. What is this called?

a)

abstract learning

b)

discovery learning

c)

readiness

d)

teacher led learning

4.

During which key stage should teachers be helping students to develop their conservation skills - eg by cooking and mixing ingredients?

a)

sensori-motor

b)

pre-operational

c)

concrete operational

d)

formal operational

5.

Students could be given hypothetical situations to debate in which stage of cognitive development?

a)

sensori-motor

b)

pre-operational

c)

concrete operational

d)

formal operational

6.

Which UK key stage mirrors the concrete operational stage of cognitive development?

a)

key stage 1

b)

key stage 2

c)

key stage 3

d)

key stage 4

7.

Which of these are ways that teachers can encourage students to develop a growth mindset?

a)

encourage them

b)

praise achievement

c)

praise for effort

d)

teach them about growth mindsets

8.

Teachers should explain that students' intelligence is...

a)

fixed

b)

changeable

c)

improveable with effort

d)

not linked to effort

9.

True or false - teachers should be assessing and teaching according to student learning styles?

a)

true

b)

false

10.

What does Willingham say will help children to learn?

a)

active learning

b)

discovery learning

c)

praise for effort

d)

adding meaning