WGU D664 | Question and Answer | Verified
Exam Pack | A+ Grade Standard
Neuroscience -✓✓The study of the brain and nervous system
Cognition -✓✓Thinking activities such as remembering, understanding, problem-solving,
and decision-making, including how people get, use, and store information in their
minds
Neurons -✓✓Tiny cells in the brain that work together like an extensive communication
network
Neurodevelopment -✓✓Plays a crucial role in acquiring new knowledge, honing
cognitive skills, and adapting to the challenges of formal education
Myelination -✓✓A process that makes pathways stronger
Pruning -✓✓Gets rid of pathways that are no longer needed.
Prenatal -✓✓Formations of the brain cells begin in the womb
Newborn -✓✓The brain begins a rapid period of growth
Early Childhood -✓✓Pruning begins and myelination continues
Adolescence -✓✓Brain development processes continue. Especially in the frontal lobe.
Adulthood -✓✓Brain development begins to slow down.
Brain development timeline -✓✓Prenatal-->Birth-->Newborn-->Early Childhood--
>Adolescence-->Adulthood
Brain Stem -✓✓Part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord; oversees important
jobs like keeping the heart beating regularly, controlling breathing, managing blood flow,
and controlling automatic actions like sneezing and swallowing.
Limbic System -✓✓Deep in the brain, it is like an emotional control center helping
handle feelings like happiness, fear, and sadness.
hippocampus: -✓✓a part of the limbic system involved in memory, learning, and
emotion
,distributed practice -✓✓explores how the brain retains information when learning is
spread out over time rather than condensed
Cerebellum -✓✓Located at the back of the head, the 'little brain' helps control voluntary
muscle movements, posture, and balance.
Cerebrum -✓✓The front part of the brain responsible for controlling movement, body
temperature, and thinking skills like speaking, problem-solving, and decision-making; it
also handles sensory tasks like seeing, hearing, and feeling touch.
Prefrontal Cortex -✓✓Plays a crucial role in decision-making, impulse control, and
emotional regulation.
Cognition ecompasses processes such as memory preception, reasoning, problem
solving, and decision making. T/F -✓✓True
The prefrontal cortex is repsonsible for balacnce, corridinaiton, and motor control. T/F -
✓✓False
What is a functional magnetic reasonace imaging (fMRI) primarly used for? -
✓✓Mapping brain activity
Encoding -✓✓Refers to the initial processing of information, where sensory input is
transformed into a form that the brain can store and use.
Storage -✓✓Involves retaining this encoded information over time.
Retrieval -✓✓The process of getting stored information when needed.
Feedback -✓✓Plays a vital role in refining our learning strategies by providing
information about our performance, guiding future actions.
Metacognition -✓✓Involves awareness and understanding of one's thinking processes,
enabling learners to monitor and regulate their learning effectively.
retrieval practice -✓✓enhances long-term retention by actively recalling information from
memory
How does retrieval practice work? -✓✓Actively recalling information from memory, such
as answering questions or completing quizzes, which strengthens long-term retention
Example of retrieval practice -✓✓Instead of just re-reading notes, students practice
recalling information without looking at their materials.
, spacing -✓✓strategically spacing out study sessions over time leads to more robust
learning outcomes
How spacing works -✓✓spacing out study sessions over time rather than cramming all
at once, which promotes better retention and understanding
Example of spacing -✓✓Rather than studying for six hours the night before a test,
students might study for one hour each day over six days.
interleaving -✓✓mixing different topics or skills within a single study session promotes
deeper understanding and transfer of knowledge
How interleaving works -✓✓Mixing up different types of problems or topics during study
sessions, which enhances learning by promoting deeper understanding and transfer of
knowledge
Example of interleaving -✓✓Instead of practicing one type of math problem at a time,
students might practice a mix of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
problems.
feedback-driven metacognition -✓✓monitor and regulate learning processes to foster
greater self-awareness and learning autonomy
How feedback driven metacogniton works -✓✓Using feedback from assessments and
evaluations to reflect on and regulate one's own learning strategies and understanding
Example of feedback driven metacogntion -✓✓After receiving feedback on an essay, a
student reflects on areas for improvement and adjusts their writing strategies
accordingly.
desirable difficulty -✓✓introducing challenges or obstacles during learning to cultivate
resilience and enhance overall learning
Learning science -✓✓Investigates how people learn, encompassing psychology,
neuroscience, education, and computer science to understand the cognitive processes,
behaviors, and environments that facilitate learning and knowledge acquisition.
Research-based practices -✓✓Arise from solid empirical research or methods shown to
positively affect classroom learning.
Evidence-based practices -✓✓Practices informed by evidence from studies conducted
in educational research and learning science.
Exam Pack | A+ Grade Standard
Neuroscience -✓✓The study of the brain and nervous system
Cognition -✓✓Thinking activities such as remembering, understanding, problem-solving,
and decision-making, including how people get, use, and store information in their
minds
Neurons -✓✓Tiny cells in the brain that work together like an extensive communication
network
Neurodevelopment -✓✓Plays a crucial role in acquiring new knowledge, honing
cognitive skills, and adapting to the challenges of formal education
Myelination -✓✓A process that makes pathways stronger
Pruning -✓✓Gets rid of pathways that are no longer needed.
Prenatal -✓✓Formations of the brain cells begin in the womb
Newborn -✓✓The brain begins a rapid period of growth
Early Childhood -✓✓Pruning begins and myelination continues
Adolescence -✓✓Brain development processes continue. Especially in the frontal lobe.
Adulthood -✓✓Brain development begins to slow down.
Brain development timeline -✓✓Prenatal-->Birth-->Newborn-->Early Childhood--
>Adolescence-->Adulthood
Brain Stem -✓✓Part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord; oversees important
jobs like keeping the heart beating regularly, controlling breathing, managing blood flow,
and controlling automatic actions like sneezing and swallowing.
Limbic System -✓✓Deep in the brain, it is like an emotional control center helping
handle feelings like happiness, fear, and sadness.
hippocampus: -✓✓a part of the limbic system involved in memory, learning, and
emotion
,distributed practice -✓✓explores how the brain retains information when learning is
spread out over time rather than condensed
Cerebellum -✓✓Located at the back of the head, the 'little brain' helps control voluntary
muscle movements, posture, and balance.
Cerebrum -✓✓The front part of the brain responsible for controlling movement, body
temperature, and thinking skills like speaking, problem-solving, and decision-making; it
also handles sensory tasks like seeing, hearing, and feeling touch.
Prefrontal Cortex -✓✓Plays a crucial role in decision-making, impulse control, and
emotional regulation.
Cognition ecompasses processes such as memory preception, reasoning, problem
solving, and decision making. T/F -✓✓True
The prefrontal cortex is repsonsible for balacnce, corridinaiton, and motor control. T/F -
✓✓False
What is a functional magnetic reasonace imaging (fMRI) primarly used for? -
✓✓Mapping brain activity
Encoding -✓✓Refers to the initial processing of information, where sensory input is
transformed into a form that the brain can store and use.
Storage -✓✓Involves retaining this encoded information over time.
Retrieval -✓✓The process of getting stored information when needed.
Feedback -✓✓Plays a vital role in refining our learning strategies by providing
information about our performance, guiding future actions.
Metacognition -✓✓Involves awareness and understanding of one's thinking processes,
enabling learners to monitor and regulate their learning effectively.
retrieval practice -✓✓enhances long-term retention by actively recalling information from
memory
How does retrieval practice work? -✓✓Actively recalling information from memory, such
as answering questions or completing quizzes, which strengthens long-term retention
Example of retrieval practice -✓✓Instead of just re-reading notes, students practice
recalling information without looking at their materials.
, spacing -✓✓strategically spacing out study sessions over time leads to more robust
learning outcomes
How spacing works -✓✓spacing out study sessions over time rather than cramming all
at once, which promotes better retention and understanding
Example of spacing -✓✓Rather than studying for six hours the night before a test,
students might study for one hour each day over six days.
interleaving -✓✓mixing different topics or skills within a single study session promotes
deeper understanding and transfer of knowledge
How interleaving works -✓✓Mixing up different types of problems or topics during study
sessions, which enhances learning by promoting deeper understanding and transfer of
knowledge
Example of interleaving -✓✓Instead of practicing one type of math problem at a time,
students might practice a mix of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
problems.
feedback-driven metacognition -✓✓monitor and regulate learning processes to foster
greater self-awareness and learning autonomy
How feedback driven metacogniton works -✓✓Using feedback from assessments and
evaluations to reflect on and regulate one's own learning strategies and understanding
Example of feedback driven metacogntion -✓✓After receiving feedback on an essay, a
student reflects on areas for improvement and adjusts their writing strategies
accordingly.
desirable difficulty -✓✓introducing challenges or obstacles during learning to cultivate
resilience and enhance overall learning
Learning science -✓✓Investigates how people learn, encompassing psychology,
neuroscience, education, and computer science to understand the cognitive processes,
behaviors, and environments that facilitate learning and knowledge acquisition.
Research-based practices -✓✓Arise from solid empirical research or methods shown to
positively affect classroom learning.
Evidence-based practices -✓✓Practices informed by evidence from studies conducted
in educational research and learning science.
