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QUIZ EDU PSYC

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is more scientific?

a)

systematic observation

b)

personal experience

c)

one person’s opinion

d)

a book written by a journalist

2.

Mr. Harris wants to know how much time his students spend off-task each day. To determine this, he carefully watches the students in class, keeping a record of off-task behavior. Which research approach has he used?

a)

case study

b)

experiment

c)

laboratory experiment

d)

naturalistic observation

3.

When a teacher changes the level of support provided to a student according to the student's performance level, the teacher is engaging the student in which of the following strategies?

a)

Tutoring

b)

Scaffolding

c)

Apprenticeship

d)

Cooperative learning

4.

 Which of the following is NOT a constructivist approach to teaching social studies?

a)

Peer collaboration

b)

Critical thinking about values

c)

Emphasis on using multiple sources of information

d)

Traditional manner of using a single textbook and complementing lectures with question-and-answer discussions

5.

Mr. Azman believes that all children are entitled to an education and that this education should focus on the whole child. His views are most consistent with those of ____________.

a)

Benjamin Bloom

b)

John Dewey

c)

B. F. Skinner

d)

E. L. Thorndike

6.

Jean Piaget emphasized ______________; Lev Vygotsky emphasized _______________.

a)

situated cognition; constructivism

b)

constructivism; social constructivism

c)

social constructivism; constructivism

d)

situated cognition; social constructivism

7.

Which of the following activities provides the greatest opportunity for children to construct knowledge by social interaction?

a)

Brainstorming ideas for a skit.

b)

Reading a story about a famous politician.

c)

Writing a poem to express a social concern.

d)

Drawing a picture of a friend or family member.

8.

Mr. Ezzad is giving a talk on development to a parent-teacher organization. In his talk, which of the following is he most likely to describe as not being an example of development?

a)

pubertal change

b)

improvement in memory

c)

change in friendship

d)

an inherited tendency to be shy

9.

Ms. Halley teaches third grade. Which period of development is likely to be of most interest to her?

a)

infancy

b)

early childhood

c)

middle childhood and late childhood

d)

adolescence

10.

Piaget argued that children progress through a series of cognitive development stages. In contrast, Skinner stressed that individuals simply learn more as time goes on. Which developmental issue is highlighted in their disagreement?

a)

Continuity and discontinuity

b)

Early and later experience

c)

Nature and nurture

d)

Biological and socioemotional development