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| what part of the brain coordinates and orchestrates skilled movements |
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| the last part of the brain to develop is |
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| messages sent by releasing chemicals the jump across synapses involve |
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| the prevailing view regarding the use of learning styles research for identifying ethnic group differences is that such information |
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| needs to be considered cautiously as it may promote stereotyping |
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| in the cognitive approach to learning, learning |
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| depends a great deal on individual preception |
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| alec still remembers how to touch-type, even though it has been three years since he has practiced, the memory systen most directly involved here is |
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| one of the educational implications of sensory memory is that |
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| attention is necessary if children are to remember information |
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| a photographer shoots a flashbulb directly into your eyes. for the next few seconds, all you can see are big blue dots everywhere you look. what type of memory is most directly involved in this phenomenon |
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| what you are thinking about right now is being held in what type of memory |
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| items can typically be stored in working memory for approximately how long |
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| research has shown that capacity of the working memory is limited to about how many chunks |
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| when we intentionally try to learn something new, we are involving what type of long-term memory |
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| because memories are organized in propositional networks, recall of one bit of information often |
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| leads to recall of another bit of information |
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| in order to understand the large amounts of information inherent in complex concepts, people must develop structure or patterns called |
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| long term memory for how to do things is called |
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| in order to help students become better learners, it is recommend that they |
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| be provided a variety of strategies and practices |
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| ms cricket gave a creative writing assignment on todays film, she allows 10 minutes today and 10 minutes tomorrow to work on it. what component of the creative process is she fostering |
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| the stage of transfer for strategies in which the teacher should provide new problems that can be solved with the same strategy is the stage of |
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| which one of hte following theories places the greatest emphasis on presenting models so that students can learn from observing others complete a task |
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| according to albert bandura's social cognitive theory, peers |
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| can serve as important models and facilitate student learning |
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| the constructivist approach to planning learning experiences emphasizes what roles for teachers and students |
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| students and teachers together determine the content, activities, and learning strategies to be used |
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| a constructivist approach to assessment, compared to traditional approach, would include use of |
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| students and teachers sharing authority for evaluating students work |
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| which one of the following strategies is appropriate regarding the use of seatwork |
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| seatwork should be counted as part of the course grade |
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| the questions on the objective test that you are taking right now are what type of question |
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| research shows that average amount of time teachers wait for students to answer questions is about |
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| the recommended waiting time while questioning students is |
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| learning by watching and imitating others |
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| those who have been socially disadvantaged |
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| domain-specific knowledge |
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| information that is useful in a particular situation or that applies mainly to one specific topic |
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| assignment to different classes and academic experiences based on achievement |
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| exceptional progress by a student as result of high teacher expectations for that student |
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| increasing the chances that we will repeat a behavior by observing another persons treatment for that behavior |
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| disparities in access to technology between poor and more effluent students and familites |
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| learning targets stated in terms of observable behaviors |
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| instruction characterized by high levels of teacher explanation, demonstration, and interaction with students |
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