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SSMC ATD2.1: Learning Theories

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

B.F. Skimmer

Stimuli/Response

Practical Observations

Rewards

Thinking is behavior

Mental Process

Brain process data

Exposure to info

Thinking influence behavior

Understand Understanding

Reflection

Discovery oriented

Assimilate/Accomodate

Failure leads to learning

Experience/Culture/background

Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
2.

Reorder the following steps for the Scientific Method

a)

Observe

b)

Question

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Experiment

e)

Result

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
3.

Which of the following Deliberate Practice Exercises occurs when Learners put the content into their own words and connect it with existing memories ?

a)

Interleaving

b)

Spaced Practice

c)

Elaboration

d)

Retrieval Practice

4.

Associate the following

a)

Modality Effect

1.

Dual Encoding Theory

b)

Spaced Practice

2.

Hermann Ebbinghaus Curve

c)

3.

Social Learning Theory

d)

Cognitive Load Theory

4.

Yerkes and Dodson Law

e)

5.

Abraham Maslow

5.

What example related to the effect of this graph ?

a)

When someone's attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors are in conflict that’s leads to discomfort

b)

How to predict whether someone will take action based on preexisting attitudes and intentions

c)

How someone sees their own intelligence

d)

Someone who once enjoyed writing is now less passionate about it after getting a paid job as a journalist

6.

What does "Readiness to Learn" corresponds to according to Malcom Knowles' Andragogy

a)

Why is the information important

b)

Adults are more willing to learn if it satisfy their needs

c)

Learners are self-directing, responsible grown-ups

d)

Adults respond most to internal motivation

7.
  •  

    Learning is not always a permanent change. What can be learned can be unlearned

a)

True

b)

False

8.

If, as a teacher, you set clear learning objectives and design repetitive practices, what theory of learning is evident?

a)

Communism

b)

Cognitivism

c)

Social Constructivism

d)

Behaviorism

9.

Match the following

a)

Malcolm Knowles

1.

Pedagogy / Andragogy

b)

John Sweller

2.

Cognitive Load

c)

Patricia Cross

3.

Chain of Response

d)

Jean Piget

4.

Constructivism

e)

Robert Gagne

5.

9 Events of Instruction

10.

Knowles’ model includes five assumptions about the adult learner’s characteristics, from which four principles are derived that should be considered in any training aimed at adults.
Which of the following principles is incorrect?

a)

The adult must be involved in his or her learning

b)

Learning should be focused on memorizing content rather than problem-solving

c)

The knowledge and skills taught must be related to and have a tangible, short-term impact on the adult’s professional or personal life

d)

Learning activities must be based on experience and the right to make mistakes

11.

Which one of the following is not a principle of teaching in adults learning?

a)

Teacher seeks to build relationships of mutual trust and helpfulness among the learners

b)

Teacher helps the learners organize a fairly standardized curriculum

c)

Teacher helps the learners clarify their own aspirations for improved behavior

12.

An 11th grade Auto Tech teacher shows his students how their current project would be handled in a real-life working environment.  If the teacher is adhering to Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, which event is he displaying here?

a)

Enhancing Retention and Transfer

b)

Assessing Performance

c)

Recalling Prior Learning

d)

Presenting the content

13.

Which of Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction would come before an individualized formal assessment?

a)

Provide Feedback

b)

Enhance Retention and Transfer

c)

Assess Performance

d)

Present the content

14.

Match what the teacher should do to match the correct step of Gagne's 9 events of instruction:

a)

Ensure the learners are ready to learn and participate in activities by presenting a stimulus to gain their attention.

1.

Gagne's Step 1

b)

Help students make sense of new information by relating it to something they have already known or something they have already experienced.

2.

Gagne's Step 3

c)

Use strategies to present lesson to provide more effective, efficient instruction. Organize, sequence and chunk content in a meaningful way.

3.

Gagne's Step 4

d)

Activate student processing to help them internalize new skills and knowledge and to confirm correct understanding of these concepts.

4.

Gagne's Step 6

e)

Test to determine the expected learning outcomes have been achieved.

5.

Gagne's Step 8

15.

Which one is not the specific term suggested by Robert Mager ?

a)

Performance

b)

Analysis

c)

Condition

d)

Criterion

16.

Under Bloom's Instructional objectives, which is the skill under cognitive domain?

a)

Receiving

b)

Attitude

c)

Knowledge

d)

Physical Activities

17.

The ability to use learnt material in a new situation by the child making use of his previous knowledge to solve the problem is called ______.

a)

Analysis

b)

Synthesis

c)

Application

d)

Knowledge

18.

Rank the levels of Cognitive Domains (Ascending Order)

a)

Comprehension

b)

Application

c)

Analysis

d)

Synthesis

e)

Evaluation

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
19.

Which of the following models of communication emphasizes the role of noise and interference in the communication process?

a)

Schramm's Model

b)

Papert's Model

c)

Shannon-Weaver Model

d)

Berlo's SMCR Model

20.

Which of these actions would be considered to be examples of metacognition? (Multiple Answers)

a)

Mentally rehearsing before an important speech.

b)

Solving a math equation by plugging numbers into an equation

c)

Developing a mental plan for action before embarking on a task

d)

Changing strategies when you notice that a plan is not working