Educational Theories

Which of the following describes the guiding principle of an instructor's education style?

• a. Teaching philosophy

• b. Schema theory

• c. cognitive intelligence

• d. Operant conditioning

2. Which of the following describes the cognitivism scholar Jean Piaget?

• A. Looked into how children learn and their development of cognitive intelligence

• B. Indicated children’s thinking process takes a completely different approach compared to adults

• C. Pointed out the key components of a person’s cognitive development

• D. All of the answer choices are correct

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the pre-operational stage?

• A. Happens among children between the ages of two and seven 

• B. Refers to the period of time when children spend more time playing and pretending

• C. Children have a difficult time thinking logically and seeing things from different perspectives

• D. Children can use deductive reasoning and understand abstract concepts

4. Which of the following types of learners tend to learn more effectively by thinking the situation through?

         

• A. Reflective learners

• B. Sensory learners

• C. Active learners

•   D. Global learners

5. Which of the following types of learners like innovation and dislikes repetition?

       

• A. Reflective learners

•   B. Sequential learners

• C. Sensory learners

•     D. Intuitive learners

6. Which of the following is NOT correct about sequential learners?

         

• A. They tend to gain information with a linear process

• B. They like to solve problems following a logical sequence

• C. They can easily digest random information without seeing connections

• D. They prefer information presented in an orderly manner

7. Which of the following is known as the process of taking in new information into the already existing schemas?

      

• A. Equilibration

• B. Compensation

• C. Assimilation

•    D. Accommodation

8. A little boy has only seen small dogs and he believes a dog to be a small, furry animal. If he sees a large dog and incorporates it to the word “dog”, which of the following processes is being described?

         

• A. Equilibration

• B. Compensation

• C. Assimilation

•        D. Accommodation

9. Which of the following describes the period of time when children begin to think more logically, but have a hard time understanding abstract and hypothetical concepts?

      

• A. Sensorimotor stage

• B. Preoperational stage

•   C. Concrete operational stage

•       D. Formal operational stage

10. Which of the following describes the scholar who developed the theory where learning happens through a process called classical conditioning?

       

• A. Carl Rogers

• B. Lev Vygotsky

• C. Ivan Pavlov

•       D. Reggio Emilia