Piaget

Which best explains why Piaget emphasized process over product in education?

• To minimize mistakes in learning

• To increase content memorization

• To encourage discovery and creativity in learners

• To ensure faster completion of tasks

Which teaching practice MOST violates Piaget’s theory?

• Using concrete manipulatives in math for 8-year-olds

• Asking a 4-year-old to explain fairness in taxation policies

• Encouraging high school students to discuss hypothetical scenarios

• Allowing preschoolers to role-play with costumes and props

A teacher notices her 6-year-old student often struggles to see another child’s perspective during group work. This difficulty is explained by:

• Irreversibility

• Egocentrism

• Decentering

• Centration

A student concludes, “All mammals breathe air; dolphins are mammals; therefore, dolphins breathe air.” This shows:

• Deductive reasoning

• Analogical reasoning

• Hypothetical reasoning

• Transductive reasoning

A teacher asks students to classify objects using at least four variables. Which stage is MOST appropriate for this?

• Preoperational

• Concrete operational

• Sensorimotor

• Formal operational

Which of the following classroom practices BEST reflects Piaget’s view of discovery learning?

• Students listening to lectures and copying notes

• Teacher directly providing answers to difficult problems

• Students solving a puzzle without hints

• Students memorizing multiplication tables

A student compares the structure of government to the structure of a school to understand authority and rules.

• Hypothetical reasoning

• Analogical reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

• Irreversibility

A child insists that a row of 10 marbles spread farther apart has “more” than when placed close together. This error is due to:

• Centration

• Decentering

• Lack of conservation

• Lack of reversibility

Which of the following best demonstrates equilibration in learning?

• A child repeating an action until it works

• Balancing assimilation and accommodation after encountering a new problem

• Memorizing facts without changing schemas

• Ignoring new information to keep stability

A teacher asks students to imagine, “What if gravity stopped working for one day?” This activity is designed for?

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational