Student Learning and Development Flashcards
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A teacher regularly checks students' understanding with exit tickets and adjusts the next day's lesson accordingly. This practice is BEST described as:
Answer: Formative assessment
Formative assessment involves ongoing checks for understanding that inform and adjust instruction before a learning unit is complete.
Which concept from information processing theory refers to the limited amount of information a person can consciously think about at one time?
Answer: Working memory capacity
Working memory has a limited capacity, typically holding about 7 (plus or minus 2) chunks of information at once, constraining active thinking.
A student who learned a math concept last year applies it correctly when solving a new problem type she has never seen. This demonstrates which type of transfer?
Answer: Far transfer
Far transfer occurs when students apply prior learning to significantly different contexts or problem types, indicating deep understanding.
Which behavior would MOST indicate that a student is experiencing learned helplessness?
Answer: Refusing to attempt tasks and saying 'I always fail anyway'
Learned helplessness occurs when repeated failures lead a student to believe their efforts cannot change outcomes, resulting in passive withdrawal from tasks.
In the context of special education law, what does the acronym IEP stand for?
Answer: Individualized Education Program
Under IDEA, an Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legally required written document outlining special education services and goals for eligible students.
A second-grade teacher wants to foster prosocial behavior in her classroom. According to Bandura's social learning theory, the MOST effective approach would be to:
Answer: Model prosocial behaviors and highlight examples in literature and peers
Bandura emphasized that children learn social behaviors through observation and imitation; modeling desired behaviors is therefore the most powerful instructional approach.
Which of the following strategies BEST supports the development of executive functioning skills in elementary students?
Answer: Giving open-ended projects that require students to plan, monitor, and self-evaluate their progress
Executive functioning skills such as planning, self-monitoring, and evaluation are developed through tasks that require students to manage their own cognitive processes.