18: OCR development - application to education

Piaget says children are like 'little scientists' and can find things out for themselves. Schools should therefore use which kind of learning?

• direct instruction by the teacher

• discovery learning by the children

• group work

• presentations

What is the structure of the British education system linked to?

• Dweck's theory of mindsets

• Piaget's stages of cognitive development

• Stages of brain development

• Willingham's theories about meaning for learning

Children should not be taught certain concepts until they are at the right stage of cognitive development. What is this called?

• abstract learning

• discovery learning

• readiness

• teacher led learning

During which key stage should teachers be helping students to develop their conservation skills - eg by cooking and mixing ingredients?

• sensori-motor

• pre-operational

• concrete operational

• formal operational

Students could be given hypothetical situations to debate in which stage of cognitive development?

• sensori-motor

• pre-operational

• concrete operational

• formal operational

Which UK key stage mirrors the concrete operational stage of cognitive development?

• key stage 1

• key stage 2

• key stage 3

• key stage 4

Which of these are ways that teachers can encourage students to develop a growth mindset?

• encourage them

• praise achievement

• praise for effort

• teach them about growth mindsets

Teachers should explain that students' intelligence is...

• fixed

• changeable

• improveable with effort

• not linked to effort

True or false - teachers should be assessing and teaching according to student learning styles?

• true

• false

What does Willingham say will help children to learn?

• active learning

• discovery learning

• praise for effort

• adding meaning