The Brain
Development
Behaviorism and CIP
Schema Theory and Socio-Cultural Theory
Metacognition
100
According to brain research, a Critical Period is a time when the brain ________
What is "Is optimized to develop certain connections"?
100
The shift from direct instruction to constructivist theories of instruction occurred as a result of ________.
What is "a focus on the teacher as facilitator of knowledge"?
100
What is the core unit of learning in Behaviorist Learning Theory?
What is "Stimulus Response Bond"?
100
A Data structure for representing the generic concepts stored in memory.
What is "Schema"?
100
What is MetaCognition?
What is "Thinking about one's own thinking"?
200
______ is a time when the Brain is particularly sensitive to environmental influences.
What is "A Sensitive Period"?
200
According to Piaget, facilitating development through social experience is best accomplished by interaction between ____.
What is "Children and their Peers"?
200
Learning that involves involuntary associations between a stimulus and a response is described as ______.
What is "Classical Conditioning"?
200
_____ is a Metaphor for Schema that represents information in a Schema as a Framework.
What is "Plays"?
200
What 3 steps are involved in Metacognitive Regulation?
What is "Planning, Monitoring, Evaluating"?
300
What is Plasticity?
What is "The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections."
300
Vygotsky's notion of the zone of proximal development refers to ________.
What is "the range of tasks children can accomplish only with help"?
300
The model of reciprocal determinism developed by Bandura is based on _______.
What is "How individuals and their environment influence action"?
300
Situated Cognition shifts the focus of learning from ____ to ____.
What is "Individual to Sociocultural Settings"?
300
In reciprocal teaching what are the 4 steps?
What is "Summarizing, Questioning, Clarifying, Predicting"?
400
What is and What results in Synaptic Pruning?
What is "Degeneration of Synaptic Connections, and it happens due to infrequent use of skills"
400
Josh is asked to describe what his mother sees as she views a room from a different angle than Josh. Josh instead describes what he sees. This behavior results from _____.
What is "Egocentrism"?
400
Remembering a phone number without writing it down is an example of what CIP Strategy?
What is "Encoding"?
400
When existing Schema evolve to become more consistent with experience is _________.
What is "Tuning"?
400
What are some strategies in Note-Taking?
What is "Encoding or Encoding+storage or External Storage"?
500
______ is a fatty substance that _____ the transmission of information from one _____ to another in a process called ____________.
What is Myelin, speeds, neuron, Myelination?
500
How did Vygotsky and Piaget similarly talk about development?
What is "Social interactions stimulate cognitive growth"?
500
Sensory memory is an efficient mechanism to process environmental stimuli because we _______.
What is "selectively remember the information"?
500
What example did Driscoll use to illustrate an ideal Social learning environment?
What is "Cognitive Apprenticeship"?
500
Name one of the 4 factors that affect metacognition.
What is "Task Knowledge, Motivation, Prior Knowledge, Prior success using Metacognitive Skills"