Happy Halloween!
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
Which theory argues that "learning is accomplished when a proper response is demonstrated following the presentation of a specific learning environmental stimulus"?
Behaviorism
True or false: Knowledge-centered environments take seriously the need to help students become knowledgeable by learning in ways that lead to understanding and and subsequent transfer.
True!
What type of memory is the memory that is used to plan and carry out behavior?
Working memory
"I can't do that, yet" is indicative of what type of mindset?
Growth mindset
Who is the author of the Goosebumps series?
R.L. Stine
Are learners viewed as more active participants to learning through Behaviorist theories or Cognitive theories?
Cognitive theories
____ is the "process of providing external support for learning new knowledge within ZPD and gradually withdrawing the support as the child learns"
Scaffolding
______ is thinking about one's thinking.
Metacognition
Choosing a class book about farm animals because Sophie lives on a farm and loves talking about her farm life is an example of which type of interest?
Personal interest
What are the names of the 3 Sanderson sisters in "Hocus Pocus"?
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah
______ is a branch of cognitive science concerned with how the brain structures knowledge.
Schema theory
"___________ represents the blending of content and pedagogy into an understanding of how particular topics, problems, or issues are organized, represented, ...adapted, ... and represented for instruction" (Shulman, 1987, p. 8).
PCK (pedagogical content knowledge)
True or false: allowing students to retake a test is an example of performance goals in action.
False - this would be mastery goals
Using a KWL chart supports learning because there is an "emphasis on structuring, organizing, and sequencing information to facilitate optimal processing". What theory supports this?
Cognitivism
What decade was the song "Monster Mash" released?
1960's (1962)
True or false: constructivists believe that the mind filters input from the world to understand the world as real and external to the learner.
False! Constructivists believe that the mind filters input from the world to produce its own unique reality.
What author is most famous for her work on culturally relevant pedagogy and her landmark article in 1995 titled "Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy"?
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Giving in to impulses would be the opposite of what construct?
Self-regulation
Joe wanted to learn how to ride a bike so he first practiced riding a bike with training wheels and his dad coaching him. After a week, he took off the training wheels, but his dad was still nearby. After a month of practicing with his dad, Joe was able to ride a bike without training wheels by himself. What theory supports this?
Zone of Proximal Development - Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development - Scaffolding
What happens if Marni doesn't begin her training by midnight of her 13th Halloween in Halloweentown?
She'll lose her powers forever!
What type of transfer is this? - When students taking an exam face a mix of problems of the same kinds that they practiced on a very similar study guide
Near transfer
ZPD is defined as the distance between what a child can do _____ and what a child can do _____.
Independently; with assistance from others
_______ theory posits that "the perceptions learners have about their competency or capabilities' are critical to accomplishing a task or attaining other goals"
Self-efficacy
Alaina is given a jolly rancher each time she gets an A on a test. What type of motivation is being capitalized on here? And what learning theory supports this?