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Total questions: 51
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What is critical thinking also called?
Critical analysis
Personal efficacy
Self-efficacy
Rational thinking
What does critical thinking involve?
Belief in one's own ability
Clear, rational thinking involving critique
Completing tasks and reaching goals
Emotional reasoning
What is self-efficacy also referred to as?
Critical analysis
Personal efficacy
Rational thinking
Emotional reasoning
What does self-efficacy measure?
The extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and reach goals
The ability to think critically
The capacity for emotional reasoning
The skill of rational thinking
What is narrative structure generally described as?
The plot of a story
The structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented
The characters in a story
The setting of a story
What is functional fixedness?
The ability to use an object in multiple ways
A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used
The flexibility of using objects creatively
The skill of fixing broken objects
What is a model in the context of advertising?
A person who designs products
A person who promotes, displays, or advertises commercial products or serves as a visual aide for photography
A person who buys products
A person who critiques products
What is brainstorming?
A method of solving problems individually
A group creativity technique to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas from its members
A way to memorize information
A technique to improve public speaking skills
What is cooperative learning?
An individual learning approach
An educational approach to organize classroom activities into academic and social learning experiences
A method of competitive learning
A solitary study technique
What is decoding in coding theory?
The process of creating new codes
The process of translating received messages into codewords of a given code
The process of encrypting messages
The process of sending messages
What is competition generally defined as?
A cooperative effort between two or more groups
A contest or rivalry between two or more organisms, animals, individuals, economic groups, or social groups
A method of peaceful negotiation
A collaborative project
What is chunking in psychology?
A method of breaking down large tasks into smaller ones
A process by which individual pieces of information are bound together into a meaningful whole
A technique for memorizing long lists of items
A way to organize information in a hierarchical structure
What is expository instruction?
A method of teaching through hands-on activities
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
A technique for summarizing large amounts of information
A way to engage students in group discussions
In publishing, art, and communication, what does the term "content" refer to?
The layout and design of a publication
The information and experience directed towards an end-user or audience
The process of editing and proofreading
The marketing strategy for a product
What is culturally responsive teaching?
A method of teaching that focuses on individual learning styles
A pedagogy grounded in teachers' displaying cultural competence: skill at teaching in a cross-cultural or multicultural setting
A technique for integrating technology into the classroom
A strategy for improving standardized test scores
What is discovery instruction?
A method of teaching through direct instruction
A technique of inquiry-based learning and is considered a constructivist based approach to education
A strategy for rote memorization
A way to assess student learning through standardized tests
What is a genre?
A specific type of plot structure in literature
Any category of literature, music, or other forms of art or entertainment, whether written or spoken, audio or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria
A method of organizing books in a library
A technique for analyzing films
What does bilingual education involve?
Teaching academic content in two languages, in a native and secondary language with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model
Teaching academic content in only one language
Teaching academic content in three languages
Teaching academic content without any language specification
What does the term "gender" refer to?
The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity
The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, age groups
The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, different species
The range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, different cultures
In education, what is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process?
Standardized assessments
Curriculum
Mean
Median
What type of test is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner?
Criterion-referenced scores
Normal distribution
Standardized assessments
Median
In probability theory, what is a very common continuous probability distribution?
Standard score
Normal distribution
Mean
Median
In mathematics, what term has several different definitions depending on the context?
Standard score
Median
Mean
Curriculum
In statistics, what is the signed number of standard deviations by which an observation or datum is above the mean?
Standard score
Normal distribution
Criterion-referenced scores
Median
What is the value separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half?
Mean
Standard score
Median
Curriculum
What type of test uses test scores to generate a statement about the behavior that can be expected of a person with that score?
Standardized assessments
Criterion-referenced scores
Normal distribution
Standard score
In probability theory and statistics, what is skewness a measure of?
The central tendency of a data set
The asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean
The spread of data values
The frequency of data points
What does a percentile indicate in statistics?
The average value of a data set
The value below which a given percentage of observations fall
The most frequently occurring value in a data set
The range of data values
What is the standard deviation used to quantify in statistics?
The central tendency of a data set
The amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values
The asymmetry of the probability distribution
The frequency of data points
What is physiological or biological stress a response to?
What is the mode in a set of data?
The average value
The value that appears most often
The value below which a given percentage of observations fall
The measure of variation
In psychology and cognitive science, what does a schema describe?
A pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
What is an affix?
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
In education terminology, what does a rubric mean?
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
What is writing fluency?
The property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
In linguistics, what is a suffix?
An affix which is placed after the stem of a word
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
What is expository preaching?
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information
What is a prefix?
An affix which is placed before the stem of a word
A scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses
A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word
A form of preaching that details the meaning of a particular text or passage of Scripture
What is student engagement?
When students make a psychological investment in learning
When students attend all classes
When students complete their homework on time
When students participate in extracurricular activities
What is cooperative learning?
An approach to organize classroom activities into academic and social learning experiences
A method to increase individual competition among students
A strategy to reduce classroom size
A technique to improve teacher-centered instruction
Who established the psychological school of behaviorism?
John Watson
Noam Chomsky
Jerome Bruner
Albert Bandura
Which American linguist is also known for his work as a philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist?
John Watson
Noam Chomsky
Jerome Bruner
Edward Thorndike
Who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology?
John Watson
Noam Chomsky
Jerome Bruner
Albert Bandura
What is the zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
The difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help
The environment in which learning occurs
A method of behavior modification
A theory of language acquisition
Which psychologist spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University?
John Watson
Noam Chomsky
Edward Thorndike
Albert Bandura
What does the term "learning environment" refer to?
An educational approach, cultural context, or physical setting in which teaching and learning occur
A method of behavior modification
A theory of language acquisition
A psychological experiment
Who is the psychologist known as the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University?
John Watson
Noam Chomsky
Jerome Bruner
Albert Bandura
What is content in the context of publishing, art, and communication?
The physical materials used in creating a work
The information and experience directed towards an end-user or audience
The financial investment in a project
The legal rights associated with a work
What is instructional scaffolding?
A method of building physical structures
A learning process designed to promote a deeper level of learning
A technique for memorizing information
A way to organize classroom seating
What does holophrastic mean?
The use of multiple words to express a simple idea
The prelinguistic use of a single word to express a complex idea
The ability to speak multiple languages
The use of gestures to communicate
Who was Maria Montessori?
A famous artist known for her abstract paintings
An Italian physician and educator known for her philosophy of education
A scientist who discovered the structure of DNA
A musician famous for her classical compositions
