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EDUC 105 Preliminary Exam

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This approach focuses on cooperative learning in which a group of students work together to complete a given task.

a)

Learner-centered approach

b)

Teacher-centered approach

c)

Mixed approach

d)

All of these

2.

 Which is NOT TRUE In the learner-centered approach?

a)

Students are sometimes described as “empty vessels,” listening to and absorbing information.

b)

Students are believed to be capable of constructing meaning from their experiences.

c)

Interaction takes place between teachers, learners and each other.

d)

Teachers are facilitators of learning.

3.

Which of the following DOES NOT describe a teacher-centered instruction?

a)

Knowledge is transmitted from teacher to students.

b)

Students are actively involved.

c)

Students passively receive information.

d)

Only students are viewed as learners.

4.

Which one is not a principle in learner centered?

a)

Developmental

b)

Social

c)

Affective

d)

Behavioral

5.

Higher order strategies for selecting and monitoring mental operations facilitate creative and critical thinking.

a)

Thinking about thinking

b)

Context of learning

c)

Motivational and emotional influences on learning

d)

Intrinsic motivation to learn

6.

This principle says that learning is most effective when it is an intentional process of constructing meaning from experiences.

a)

Goal of the student

b)

Nature of the learning process

c)

Diversity of culture

d)

External forces

7.

This principles says successful learner can link new information with existing knowledge in various meaningful ways.

a)

Standard of learning

b)

Developmental

c)

Goal

d)

Construction of knowledge

8.

Learning is influenced by learner's motivation

a)

Concrete

b)

Approach

c)

Spark of motivation

d)

Motivational and Emotional

9.

Learning is influenced by social interactions, interpersonal relations, and communication with others.

a)

Social media

b)

Social norms

c)

Social studies

d)

Social influences on learning

10.

This process includes thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem solving

a)

Construction of knowledge

b)

Cognition

c)

Nature of the Learner's Habits

d)

Nature of the Learning Process

11.

What is an example of metacognition?

a)

Someone figuring out what their learning style is

b)

Someone remembers how to do their homework

c)

Planning how to get the most out of learning

12.

Which metacognitive habit is a student using when they know different methods to learn and try different ones when needed?

a)

Focus

b)

Goals

c)

Environment

d)

Strategies

13.

All are the distinct phases in the metacognition process except ____?

a)

Reflect

b)

Plan

c)

Evaluate

d)

Monitor

14.

In the planning phase, what are some questions learners ask?

a)

What am I supposed to learn?

b)

What information is important to remember?

c)

Is there anything I don’t understand—any gaps in my knowledge?

d)

Should I adjust the pace because of the difficulty?

15.

In the evaluating phase what are some questions learners ask?

a)

Am I on the right track?

b)

What prior knowledge will help me with this task?

c)

What can I do if I do not understand?

d)

How might I apply this line of thinking to other problems?

16.

In the monitoring phase, what are some questions learners ask?

a)

What should I look for in this reading?

b)

What can I do if I do not understand?

c)

Do I need to go back through the task to fill in any gaps in understanding?

d)

What should I do first?

17.

Which of the following is a study strategy for PLANNING?

a)

Look over syllabus

b)

Ask questions during class

c)

Review the answers to exams

d)

Check the answers you got wrong

18.

Which of the following is a study strategy for MONITORING?

a)

Figuring out strengths and weaknesses in studying

b)

Set-up tutoring or group study sessions

c)

Rewarding good outcomes/grades

d)

Create an outline without looking at notes

19.

Which of the following is a study strategy for EVALUATING?

a)

Look at syllabus

b)

Comparing answers to someone else’s

c)

Meet with instructors during office hours to discuss what you got wrong

d)

Write summary for each lecture

20.

You want the learners to reflect on their learning. What would be the best question to ask?

a)

What activity was most helpful to you today and why?

b)

What did you learn today?

c)

Have you met the learning intention?

d)

Which part of the lesson do you like?

21.

According to him, children develop in 4 cognitive stages. He believed in self exploration without interference from teachers.

a)

Erik Erickson

b)

Urie Bronfenbrenner

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Lawrence Kohlberg.

22.

Social/emotional theorist who divided socio-emotional development in 8 stages, each consisting of a crisis that must be positively overcome.

a)

Erik Erickson

b)

Lev Vygostky

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Lawrence Kohlberg

23.

States that we progress through three levels of moral thinking that build on our cognitive development

a)

Lawrence Kohlberg

b)

Lev Vygotsky

c)

Urie Bronfenbrenner

d)

Erik Erikson

24.

He outlined layers of environment that affect a child’s development, such as the child’s own biology, family/community environment, and society.

a)

Urie Bronfenbrenner

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg 

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Howard Gardner

25.
Who created the zone of proximal development?
a)

Lawrence Kohlberg

b)

Lev Vygotsky

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Howard Gardner

26.

Which of the following is the best description of

the process of accommodation?

a)

The use of multiple strategies to address new problems

b)

Changing an existing scheme as a result of new information or experiences

c)

Using symbols to represent the events from the real world

d)

Understanding the world in terms of one's senses and motor actions

27.

It is an internal representation of the world.

a)

Cognition

b)

Schema

c)

Assimilation

d)

Accommodation

28.

It is the idea that objects exist even if they are out of sight.

a)

Elimination

b)

Reversibility

c)

Object Permanence

d)

Conceptualize

29.

The stage in Piaget's Theory where a child have the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodological way.

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Preoperational Stage

c)

Concrete Operational Stage

d)

Formal Operational Stage

30.

A child can understand that a ball of clay shaped into a dinosaur can again be rolled back into ball of clay. In what particular stage does this characteristic emerges?

a)

Sensorimotor stage

b)

Preoperational stage

c)

Formal operational stage

d)

Concrete operational stage

31.

What term was made widely known by Erik Erikson?

a)

trust issues

b)

identity crisis

c)

encouragement

d)

initiative

32.

The stage in which children want to master skills, be productive, and contribute is...

a)

identity vs identity confusion

b)

industry vs inferiority

c)

initiative vs guilt

d)

autonomy vs shame and doubt

33.

If a child struggles to do well in school, what problem might emerge?

a)

Struggle with feelings of inferiority

b)

Experience a sense of guilt

c)

Develop a poor self-identity

d)

Begin to mistrust the people around him

34.

Initiative vs guilt occurs during what stage?

a)

infancy

b)

toddlerhood

c)

preschool age

d)

school age

35.

What stage do adolescents fit under?

a)

Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt

b)

Trust vs. Mistrust

c)

Identity vs. Role Confusion

d)

Industry vs. Inferiority

36.
In this stage, individual judgment is based on individual rights and justice for the greater good.  
a)
Preconventional or premoral
b)
Conventional
c)
Post-Conventional
37.
In this stage, children are good so that they can be seen as good to other people.  
a)
Preconventional/Premoral
b)
Conventional
c)
Post Conventional
38.
In Stage 1 why does a child behave?
a)
not to be seen as different
b)
not to be punished
c)
follow rules set by parents
d)
follow rules set by society
39.

Hank doesn't drive over the speed limit because it's against the law. He is in the ___ stage of moral development.

a)

punishment/obedience

b)

naively egoistic

c)

social contract

d)

law & order

40.

Gandhi fights for the rights of others, putting himself at risk because he believes it's the right thing to do. He is in the ___ stage of moral development.

a)

universal principles

b)

naively egoistic

c)

conformist

d)

law & order

41.
The zone of proximal development is:
a)
The most a child can learn in a given day
b)
The gap between what the child can do on their own and what they cannot do without assistance
c)
What the child already knows
d)
The intelligence level the child is projected to be at given point
42.
What is the self-regulating form of language?
a)
Silent inner speech
b)
Social speech
c)
Private speech
d)
None of the above
43.
According to Vygotsky,  why is language important in development?
a)
Language is the main means by which adults transmit info to children.
b)
Language is a powerful tool of intellectual adaptation.
c)
Language is an accelerator to thinking and understanding.
d)
All of the above.
44.
According to Vygotsky, which of the following is not true?
a)
Children construct knowledge.
b)
Cognitive development occurs in distinct stages.
c)
Development cannot be separated from its social context.
d)
Language plays a central role in mental development.
45.
Which option is key while incorporating Vygotsky's theories in your classroom?
a)
Scaffolding
b)
Hands-on activities
c)
Learning Styles
d)
Discovery Learning
46.

This involves activities and interactions in the child's immediate surroundings: parents, school, friends etc.

a)

Macro System

b)

Meso system

c)

Micro system

d)

Chrono system

47.

Relationships among the entitles involved in the child's micro system: parents' interactions with teachers, a school's interactions with the daycare provider.

a)

Mesosystem

b)

Chrono system

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Micro system

48.

This pertains to changes which occur during a child's life, both personally, like the birth of a sibling and culturally.

a)

Micro system

b)

Chrono System

c)

Macro System

d)

Exo System

49.

Parent workplace schedules or community-based family resources are examples of this layer. The child may not be directly involved at this level, but he feels the positive or negative force involved with the interaction with his own system.

a)

microsystem

b)

macrosystem

c)

exosystem

d)

chronosystem

50.

At which layer is bi-directional influences are strongest and have the greatest impact on the child?

a)

microsystem

b)

macrosystem

c)

exosystem

d)

chronosystem

51.

Who introduced the nine (9) intelligences?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Howard Gardner

c)

Benjamin Bloom

d)

Erik Erikson

52.

What does verbal/ linguistic mean?

a)

reasoned, precise, accurate

b)

related to words and language

c)

Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

d)

Mental images, seeing, sight

53.

What does logical/mathematical mean?

a)

related to words and language

b)

reasoned, precise, accurate

c)

Mental images, seeing, sight

d)

Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

54.

What does bodily/kinesthetic mean?

a)

reasoned, precise, accurate

b)

related to words and language

c)

Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

d)

Mental images, seeing, sight

55.

What does visual/spatial mean?

a)

reasoned, precise, accurate

b)

related to words and language

c)

Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

d)

Mental images, seeing, sight

56.

What does musical/rhythmic mean?

a)

Related to relationships with other people

b)

Within self

c)

Related to nature and the environment

d)

Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

57.

What does interpersonal mean?

a)

Related to relationships with other people

b)

Within self

c)

Related to nature and the environment

d)

Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

58.

What does intrapersonal mean?

a)

Related to relationships with other people

b)

Within self

c)

Related to nature and the environment

d)

Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

59.

What does naturalistic mean?

a)

Related to relationships with other people

b)

Within self

c)

Related to nature and the environment

d)

Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

60.

What are the characteristics of a bodily/kinesthetic learner?

a)

Likes to conduct experiments. Likes to work with numbers. Likes to explore patterns and relationships. Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning.

b)

Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language. Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts.

c)

Likes to read books. Listens to and gives oral presentations. Communicates through written and oral messages. Likes discussions and debates. Likes to explain things.

d)

Likes to draw, build, design, and create. Daydreamer and imaginative. Watches movies and plays computer games. Good at sensing changes. Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs.

61.

Which of this is FALSE about intelligence?

a)

Intelligence is viewed as the ability to learn, and adjust in environment, acquire knowledge and solve problems.

b)

Intelligence can only be measured using IQ Test.

c)

Intelligence is referred as multiple abilities by the new psychologists.

d)

The concept of intelligence is complex, abstract and broad.

62.

Which is TRUE about gifted and talented children?

a)

Gifted children often show advanced abilities before they reach school age.

b)

Gifted children are always well-behaved in school.

c)

Gifted children excel without extra assistance from teachers or parents.

d)

Gifted and talented children only excel in academics.

63.

__________ is defined as problems in one or more areas of spoken or written language, math, and spatial orientation.

a)

mental disability

b)

intellectual delay

c)

learning disability

d)

behavioral disorder

64.

________ is a disability that affects a child’s ability to read.

a)

dyslexia

b)

dyscalculia

c)

dysgraphia

d)

aphasia

65.
Malfunctions of the eyes or optic nerves that prevent normal vision even with corrective lenses
a)

visual Impairment

b)

mental retardation

c)

emotional and behavioral disorders

d)

autism spectrum disorders

66.

This condition needs facilities that make classrooms accessible such as ramps or elevators.

a)

emotional and behavioral disorders

b)

physical disability

c)

intellectual disability

d)

hearing impairment

67.

Education of children with special need should be provided

a)

by methods developed for special children in special schools

b)

in special schools

c)

by special teachers in special schools

d)

along with other normal children with provisions for their needs

68.

What should teachers do to uphold individual differences and diversity?

a)

Inculcate exclusivity

b)

Understand different dimensions

c)

Confront the differences

d)

Uphold bias and racism

69.

What is a problem with Inclusion?

a)

proper training of teachers

b)

enough room in classrooms

c)

cost of field trips

d)

transportation

70.

All of the following result to individual differences EXCEPT

a)

genes

b)

talents and abilities

c)

cultural background

d)

the air we breathe