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1) If you are a constructivist, what assumptions about learning and learner govern your thinking?
a) For learners to learn, knowledge should be transmitted directly from teachers to learners.
b) Learners are capable of constructing meaning of what is taught to them.
c) Learners are empty receptacles waiting to be filled.
d) Teachers are the only source of knowledge.
ANSWER: B
RATIONALE: Constructivism posits that learners actively construct their own understanding and knowledge through experiences and interactions. Knowledge should not be transmitted directly, and learners are not empty receptacles. Teachers are facilitators, not the sole source of knowledge.9) The success of the discovery approach entails following certain principles. Such principles are as follows except one. Which of this?
a) Learning through self-discovery is enhanced by individualized and small group explanations.
b) Children discover relationships and make generalizations in their own individual ways.
c) Methods used by children in learning through self-discovery should not be likened to the ways in whi
d) Children learn as a result of their observations and the experiences they undergo.
ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: The correct answer is c] Methods used by children in learning through self-discovery should not be likened to the ways in which scientists think, work, and organize knowledge because the discovery approach does parallel scientific methods. Individual and small group work, personal generalization methods, and learning through observation are all central to discovery learning.11) Mr. Palo distributed a K-W-L chart to his students so they could fill up the K and W columns. Which of the following reasons DOES NOT justify such activity?
a) Setting a purpose for reading
b) Activating prior knowledge
c) Confirming, revising or rejecting an earlier assumption about a topic
d) Sharing assumptions related to the topic of the text to be read
ANSWER: C
RATIONALE: Confirming, revising, or rejecting an earlier assumption about a topic is not the primary purpose of filling out the K and W columns of a K-W-L chart. These columns are designed to set a purpose for reading and activate prior knowledge. The L column is where confirmation, revision, or rejection occurs after reading.
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