PSYC210 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● montessori school
Answer: it is a school that is also an ecosystem
●● AMI: association montessori internationale (classical)
Answer: worldwide montessori classification
●● AMS: american montesssori society
Answer: american adoption of montessori
●● a high quality montessori school will have these microsystem
features
Answer: 1. prepared environment with diadctic materials (children is
constantly moving objects with their hands and actively exercising their
senses)
-sandpaper letters
2. a teacher who acts as a consultant (not interfering, protecting
concentration of children)
,3. an emphasis on individual initative and self-direction
4. uninterrupted work cycles (freely chosen work, concentration rather
than fatigue)
5. no letter grades
6. no traditional testing
7. multi-aged classrooms (grouped ages by 3, younger children learn
from older children, eliminating competition)
8. balance between order and freedom (relaxation and freedom from
orders, self-discipline is established)
●● montessori as a psychologically-based theory of learning
Answer: the child has a drive to learn, the child has constructive
cognitive powers
●● the emerging field of montessori science
Answer: a. measured outcomes
b. research analogues
, ●● a. montessori science + measured outcomes
Answer: -higher student motivation + socialization in montessori
programs
-more enjoyment
-more engagement during academic work
●● b. montessori science + research analogues (7 principles)
Answer: 1. movement and cognition are closely related; movement can
increase thinking + learning
-embodied cognition
2. learning and well-being are improved when people have a sense of
control over their lives
3. people learn better when they are interested in what they are learning
-sensitive periods of intense interest in particular stimuli
4. tying extrinsic rewards to an activity, like money for reading
negatively impacts motivation when reward is removed
5. collaborative arrangements can be conductive to learning
6. learning situated in meaningful contexts is often deeper than learning
in abstract contexts
7. order in the environment is beneficial to children (procedures, lack of
chaos)
●● embodied cognition
EXAMINATION TEST FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● montessori school
Answer: it is a school that is also an ecosystem
●● AMI: association montessori internationale (classical)
Answer: worldwide montessori classification
●● AMS: american montesssori society
Answer: american adoption of montessori
●● a high quality montessori school will have these microsystem
features
Answer: 1. prepared environment with diadctic materials (children is
constantly moving objects with their hands and actively exercising their
senses)
-sandpaper letters
2. a teacher who acts as a consultant (not interfering, protecting
concentration of children)
,3. an emphasis on individual initative and self-direction
4. uninterrupted work cycles (freely chosen work, concentration rather
than fatigue)
5. no letter grades
6. no traditional testing
7. multi-aged classrooms (grouped ages by 3, younger children learn
from older children, eliminating competition)
8. balance between order and freedom (relaxation and freedom from
orders, self-discipline is established)
●● montessori as a psychologically-based theory of learning
Answer: the child has a drive to learn, the child has constructive
cognitive powers
●● the emerging field of montessori science
Answer: a. measured outcomes
b. research analogues
, ●● a. montessori science + measured outcomes
Answer: -higher student motivation + socialization in montessori
programs
-more enjoyment
-more engagement during academic work
●● b. montessori science + research analogues (7 principles)
Answer: 1. movement and cognition are closely related; movement can
increase thinking + learning
-embodied cognition
2. learning and well-being are improved when people have a sense of
control over their lives
3. people learn better when they are interested in what they are learning
-sensitive periods of intense interest in particular stimuli
4. tying extrinsic rewards to an activity, like money for reading
negatively impacts motivation when reward is removed
5. collaborative arrangements can be conductive to learning
6. learning situated in meaningful contexts is often deeper than learning
in abstract contexts
7. order in the environment is beneficial to children (procedures, lack of
chaos)
●● embodied cognition
