Bruner

What field was Jerome Bruner in before he began studying the learning process?

• Brain science

• Education

• Psychology

• None of the answers are correct

Which of the following BEST defines 'scaffolding' in education?

• The way a course is structured with texts and technology.

• Scaffolding is the last thing added in a lesson.

• Students receive support for learning something new, which is removed when they're ready.

• All of the answers are correct

Which of the following BEST defines Bruner's spiral curriculum?

• Introducing basic information on a topic early in the year and complex forms of the same topic later in the year.

• Spiral notebooks with graphic organizers

• Learning in a cyclical fashion

• None of the answers are correct

Which term used by Vygotsky did Bruner support?

• Repetition

• Discovery

• Enactive

• Scaffolding

The constructivist theory is a(n) _______ process.

• Memory-based

• Active

• Compliant

• Repetitious

Discovery learning is more meaningful because results come from students' own work.

• True

• False