EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
1 CH. 1-4 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Effective teaching is essentially a process of presenting information to students in
succinct and organized ways. - ANSWERFalse: Simply explaining information to
students often isn't effective in promoting understanding. Learners construct their
own understanding based on what they already know, combined with their emotions,
beliefs, and expectations
Pre-service teachers who major in a content area, such as math, are much more
successful than nonmajors in providing clear examples of the ideas they teach -
ANSWERFalse: While knowledge of content is essential, understanding how to
make that content meaningful to students requires an additional kind of knowledge
(U.S. Department of Education, 2008)
To increase students' motivation to learn, teachers should praise as much as
possible. - ANSWEROveruse of praise detracts from its credibility, and this is
particularly true for older students, who may interpret praise given for easy tasks as
indicating that the teacher thinks they have low ability (Schunk, Meece, & Pintrich,
2014)
Teachers who are the most successful at creating and maintaining orderly
classrooms are those who can quickly stop disruptions when they occur. -
ANSWERFalse: Classroom management is most effective when teachers prevent
management problems from occurring in the first place (Emmer & Evertson, 2013;
Evertson & Emmer, 2013) .
Knowledge of content - ANSWERan understanding of the topics being taught
Neuroplasticity - ANSWERis the brain's ability to physically change itself in response
to experience.
Bronfenbrenner - ANSWERbioecological model of human development our
development is influenced by a complex set of systems in the environment. Each
system is nested in a larger system and each layer impacts development.
Microsystem - ANSWERpeople and activities in our immediate surroundings
Mesosystem - ANSWERthe interactions of the components of the microsystem
Exosystem - ANSWERsocietal influences
, Pedagogical content knowledge - ANSWERknowing how to represent topics in ways
that make the content understandable and understanding what makes specific topics
easy or difficult to learn
General pedagogical knowledge - ANSWERan understanding of instructional
strategies and classroom management that apply to all subject matter areas and
topics
Knowledge of learners and learning - ANSWERunderstanding how students learn
and the processes involved in learner motivation and development
Experience - ANSWERSometimes called "the wisdom of practice."
Research - ANSWERThe process of systematically gathering information in an
attempt to answer professional questions
Descriptive Research - ANSWERResearch that uses surveys and other tools, such
as the annual Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitude Toward the Public
Schools
Action Research - ANSWERApplied research designed to answer a specific school
or classroom-related question
A teacher conducts an experiment to determine if daily homework increases
achievement more than homework given only twice a week.
Action research can be descriptive, correlational, experimental, or qualitative.
Design-Based Research - ANSWERResearch conducted with the specific goal of
impacting classroom practice.
It can be qualitative or quantitative; it can involve descriptive, correlational, or
experimental methods; and it is designed to contribute to theory.
Experimental Research - ANSWERResearch that systematically manipulates
variables in attempts to determine cause and effect
Teachers were randomly assigned to two groups, for example. The first group was
trained to provide students with prompts when students failed to answer a question;
the second group taught normally.
Students taught by the trained teachers scored significantly higher on an
achievement test than did students taught by the second group of teachers
Qualitative Research - ANSWERResearch that attempts to describe a complex
educational phenomenon in a holistic fashion using non-numerical data, such as
words and pictures.
A researcher, for example, uses in-depth interviews to try to determine if the
emotional climate of a school changed as a result of implementing a school-wide
classroom-management policy.
Macrosystem - ANSWERthe culture in which a child develops
1 CH. 1-4 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Effective teaching is essentially a process of presenting information to students in
succinct and organized ways. - ANSWERFalse: Simply explaining information to
students often isn't effective in promoting understanding. Learners construct their
own understanding based on what they already know, combined with their emotions,
beliefs, and expectations
Pre-service teachers who major in a content area, such as math, are much more
successful than nonmajors in providing clear examples of the ideas they teach -
ANSWERFalse: While knowledge of content is essential, understanding how to
make that content meaningful to students requires an additional kind of knowledge
(U.S. Department of Education, 2008)
To increase students' motivation to learn, teachers should praise as much as
possible. - ANSWEROveruse of praise detracts from its credibility, and this is
particularly true for older students, who may interpret praise given for easy tasks as
indicating that the teacher thinks they have low ability (Schunk, Meece, & Pintrich,
2014)
Teachers who are the most successful at creating and maintaining orderly
classrooms are those who can quickly stop disruptions when they occur. -
ANSWERFalse: Classroom management is most effective when teachers prevent
management problems from occurring in the first place (Emmer & Evertson, 2013;
Evertson & Emmer, 2013) .
Knowledge of content - ANSWERan understanding of the topics being taught
Neuroplasticity - ANSWERis the brain's ability to physically change itself in response
to experience.
Bronfenbrenner - ANSWERbioecological model of human development our
development is influenced by a complex set of systems in the environment. Each
system is nested in a larger system and each layer impacts development.
Microsystem - ANSWERpeople and activities in our immediate surroundings
Mesosystem - ANSWERthe interactions of the components of the microsystem
Exosystem - ANSWERsocietal influences
, Pedagogical content knowledge - ANSWERknowing how to represent topics in ways
that make the content understandable and understanding what makes specific topics
easy or difficult to learn
General pedagogical knowledge - ANSWERan understanding of instructional
strategies and classroom management that apply to all subject matter areas and
topics
Knowledge of learners and learning - ANSWERunderstanding how students learn
and the processes involved in learner motivation and development
Experience - ANSWERSometimes called "the wisdom of practice."
Research - ANSWERThe process of systematically gathering information in an
attempt to answer professional questions
Descriptive Research - ANSWERResearch that uses surveys and other tools, such
as the annual Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitude Toward the Public
Schools
Action Research - ANSWERApplied research designed to answer a specific school
or classroom-related question
A teacher conducts an experiment to determine if daily homework increases
achievement more than homework given only twice a week.
Action research can be descriptive, correlational, experimental, or qualitative.
Design-Based Research - ANSWERResearch conducted with the specific goal of
impacting classroom practice.
It can be qualitative or quantitative; it can involve descriptive, correlational, or
experimental methods; and it is designed to contribute to theory.
Experimental Research - ANSWERResearch that systematically manipulates
variables in attempts to determine cause and effect
Teachers were randomly assigned to two groups, for example. The first group was
trained to provide students with prompts when students failed to answer a question;
the second group taught normally.
Students taught by the trained teachers scored significantly higher on an
achievement test than did students taught by the second group of teachers
Qualitative Research - ANSWERResearch that attempts to describe a complex
educational phenomenon in a holistic fashion using non-numerical data, such as
words and pictures.
A researcher, for example, uses in-depth interviews to try to determine if the
emotional climate of a school changed as a result of implementing a school-wide
classroom-management policy.
Macrosystem - ANSWERthe culture in which a child develops
