Educational theories & concepts

What does cognitive mean?

• refers to thinking (conscious and mental processes)

• being aware of your surroundings

• being able to receive information from your environment (e.g., sight)

• studying the brain and human behaviour

Which of the following represents a support mechanism that helps learners successfully perform

tasks within their zone of proximal development?

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Scaffolding

• Memory

• Theory

Which term reflects the difference between what learners can do without help and what they can do with help?

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Scaffolding

• Theory

• Memory

Which of the following terms is a cognitive framework that organizes knowledge?

• Schema

• Feedback

• Scaffolding

• Assimilation

Which theory of intelligence believes that intelligence is malleable - that it can be changed?

• Fixed (or entity) mindset

• Growth (or incremental) mindset

Which of the following reflects the difference between what a learner can do with or without guidance?

• Self-efficacy

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Growth Mindset

• Metacogntion

Robert Gagne identified nine events of instruction that are useful in...

• lesson planning

• assessing student knowledge

• identifying learners

• improving attitudes

Bloom's taxonomy is best used as...

• a theory of teaching

• a hierarchy of basic needs

• a hierarchy for assessing student learning

• a theory of motivaton

What is the role of a teacher in constructivism?

• To test students only

• To facilitate learning

• To ignore students' questions

• To give all the answers

What is constructivism?

• A way to memorize facts

• A theory where learners construct their own knowledge

• A type of educational game

• A method of rote learning