Activating Prior Relevant Knowledge/Identifying Student Success

What is lesson element helps to engage students and keep their attention during a lesson?

• Giving them more homework

• Activating students' prior knowledge

• Using multimedia presentations

• Reducing the amount of content

What mindset helps students draw on prior experiences and knowledge to create new meanings and learning?

• Fixed mindset

• Growth mindset

• Constructivist mindset

• Behavioral mindset

Why is it important to activate (relevant) prior knowledge?

• It helps students memorize facts better

• It allows students to compare and contrast new information with pre-existing knowledge

• It makes students more competitive

• It reduces the need for classroom discussions

What does it mean for students to become metacognitive?

• They memorize information quickly

• They have an awareness of their own thought processes

• They can solve problems faster

• They rely on teachers for all information

What are students essentially doing when they are taught to activate their prior knowledge?

• Teaching themselves to scaffold

• Memorizing new facts

• Ignoring previous knowledge

• Relying solely on textbooks

What are the two types of knowledge a teacher can activate during the Activating Relevant Prior Knowledge portion of the lesson?

• Declarative and Procedural

• Theoretical and Practical

• Surface-level and Deep-level

• Conceptual and Factual

Which type of knowledge is related to "knowing about" certain topics?

• Procedural knowledge

• Declarative knowledge

• Conceptual knowledge

• Practical knowledge

What is the main characteristic of procedural knowledge?

• It is about knowing specific facts and details.

• It is related to "knowing about" certain topics.

• It involves making connections between concepts and recognizing relationships.

• It is very surface-level.

What is the belief of constructivism in reference to knowledge activation?

• Learners passively receive knowledge.

• Learners actively produce their knowledge based on experiences.

• Knowledge is constructed only through formal education.

• Knowledge is innate and cannot be changed.

How do teachers help students understand new concepts according to constructivism?

• By providing them with all the information they need.

• By activating students' prior knowledge and integrating new information with it.

• By focusing only on new information without considering prior knowledge.

• By using rote memorization techniques.