1. Which of the following is an essential ingredient of academic self-esteem?
A. Individual assignments requiring problem solving (me)
B. Acceptance by teachers and teacher aides
C. Meeting deficiency and growth needs
D. A school without grades
2. What kind of responses do behaviorists look for in their students?
A. Cognitive
B. Negative
C. Relative(me)
D. Positive
3. What is a learning modality?
A. A formal operation
B. One of the senses
C. A learning style
D. Doing and observing(me)
4. A child who has difficulty repeating a song or following verbal directions may have a difficulty with
which learning modality?
A. Tactile
B. Auditory
C. Kinesthetic(me)
D. Visual
5. Which of the following jobs of the teacher aide comes closest to the philosophy of the social learning
model?
A. Supervising on the playground
B. Acting as a role model
C. Teaching a lesson
D. Monitoring a small group(me)
6. Which of the following is a
characteristic of pre-operational thinking?
A. The ability to perform abstract math problems
B. The ability to think logically
C. The need to see, hear, or touch something concrete (me)
D. The need to make the lessons relevant to their own life
7. Which of the following is an example of a constructivist model that's based on Piaget's stages of
development?
A. High/Scope
B. Bank Street(me)
C. Montessori
D. Head Start
8. What is the primary learning modality of a child who learns best by looking at books and pictures?
A. Kinesthetic
B. Visual
C. Auditory
D. Tactile(me)
9. Which of the following is a characteristic of concrete operational thinking?
A. The ability to formulate hypotheses or guesses
B. The ability to sort items by one characteristic only(me)
C. The ability to have complex abstract thought
D. The ability to understand conservation of matter
10. According to Carl Jung, what are the two main ways that people process information?
A. Thinking and sensing
B. Observing and doing
C. Thinking and observing(me)
D. Doing and thinking
11. According to the inquiry model of learning, which of the following is an example of an internal reward
for students?
A. Praise
B. High grades(me)
C. Sense of accomplishment
D. Recognition and success
12. Which of the following techniques to arouse curiosity would work best with junior high students?
A. Use a "feelie" box.(me)
B. Set up a discovery learning center.
C. Set up a curiosity corner.
D. Use a teaser to introduce the topic.
13. According to Jean Piaget, in what is all learning based?
A. Concrete operational learning
B. Sensorimotor learning
C. Preoperational learning(me)
D. Formal operational learning
14. Which of the following techniques will help to meet the student's need for autonomy?
A. Give them choices.
B. Give them deadlines.
C. Give them clear directions.(me)
D. Show them a model of exactly what they're to do.
15. According to Carl Jung, what are the two main ways that people perceive information?
A. Thinking and doing(me)
B. Thinking and sensing
C. Sensing and doing
D. Sensing and observing
16. According to inquirists, what is the biggest factor affecting whether or not students learn?
A. Lesson structure(me)
B. Motivation
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Family background
17. Which of the following questions is a thinker/doer most likely to ask?
A. What if?
B. Why?(me)
C. What?
D. How?
18. What do constructivist educators believe about the learning process?
A. Learning is centered on the student and the student's motivation.
B. Learning is a response to a stimulus.
C. Learning is the result of observing and imitating others.(me)
D. Learning is a process of building on what the student already knows.
19. Which of the following is an example of successive approximation?
A. Giving negative reinforcement for each mistake a student makes.(me)
B. Giving positive reinforcement when a student comes close to what you wanted.
C. Giving negative reinforcement when a student doesn't finish an assignment on time.
D. Giving positive reinforcement when a student completes an assignment correctly.
20. Which of the following statements about learning is true?
A. The way children learn best is in one-on-one situations with a teacher or teacher aide.(me)
B. The way children learn best is by working alone and in quiet.
C. The way children learn best is in cooperative learning groups.
D. The way children learn best varies from child to child.
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8. What is the primary learning modality of a child who learns best by looking at books and pictures?
A. Tactile
B. Kinesthetic
C. Auditory
D. Visual
11. Which of the following is an essential ingredient of academic self-esteem?
A. A school without grades
B. Meeting deficiency and growth needs
C. Acceptance by teachers and teacher aides
D. Individual assignments requiring problem solving