EDU 210 FINAL STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
HOTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Higher-order thinking skills (analyze, evaluate, create)
LOTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lower-order thinking skills (remember, understand)
Cognitive Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Amount of mental effort in working memory
Intrinsic Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty of the content itself
Extraneous Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unnecessary mental effort caused by poor teaching design
Germane Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mental effort used for deep learning
Cognitive Offloading - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Using tools (notes, diagrams) to reduce mental effort
Working Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Short-term, limited memory used for processing information
Chunking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breaking information into smaller parts to remember easier
Information Processing Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning moves from sensory → working →
long-term memory
Multimodal Learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Using multiple formats (text, audio, visuals) to improve
learning
Behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning as a change in observable behaviour
Positive Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Adding something to increase behaviour (reward)
, Negative Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Removing something unpleasant to increase
behaviour
Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Decreasing behaviour by adding/removing something
Cognitivism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning as a mental process (thinking, memory)
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning by building knowledge through experience
Connectivism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning through networks and connections (internet, people)
Inquiry Learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Students learn by asking questions
Active Learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning by doing, not just listening
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What a learner can do with help
Scaffolding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Support given to students that is gradually removed
Metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Thinking about your own thinking
Formative Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ongoing feedback during learning
Summative Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Final evaluation (exam, final project)
Digital Footprint - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Permanent online record
HOTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Higher-order thinking skills (analyze, evaluate, create)
LOTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lower-order thinking skills (remember, understand)
Cognitive Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Amount of mental effort in working memory
Intrinsic Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty of the content itself
Extraneous Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unnecessary mental effort caused by poor teaching design
Germane Load - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mental effort used for deep learning
Cognitive Offloading - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Using tools (notes, diagrams) to reduce mental effort
Working Memory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Short-term, limited memory used for processing information
Chunking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breaking information into smaller parts to remember easier
Information Processing Model - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning moves from sensory → working →
long-term memory
Multimodal Learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Using multiple formats (text, audio, visuals) to improve
learning
Behaviourism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning as a change in observable behaviour
Positive Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Adding something to increase behaviour (reward)
, Negative Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Removing something unpleasant to increase
behaviour
Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Decreasing behaviour by adding/removing something
Cognitivism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning as a mental process (thinking, memory)
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning by building knowledge through experience
Connectivism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning through networks and connections (internet, people)
Inquiry Learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Students learn by asking questions
Active Learning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Learning by doing, not just listening
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What a learner can do with help
Scaffolding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Support given to students that is gradually removed
Metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Thinking about your own thinking
Formative Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ongoing feedback during learning
Summative Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Final evaluation (exam, final project)
Digital Footprint - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Permanent online record
