DiDonato Genny 4 December 2006 EDP 310 Dominica McBride Final My Reasoning for Each Question Multiple Choice 1. This Question covers an important principle, and the answer is from chapter 1 which in turn makes it mandatory for them to know and understand the material. 2. To know that they can distinguish between 4 different definitions. 3. I choose this question because of the association between equilibrium and scheme. 4. In order to know and understand Piaget's Theory, one must be able to know the correct order of the stages. 5. I feel that it is important to know the details of what goes on during each of Piaget's Stages. 6. This question incorporates one of Vygotsky's major assumptions, which is an important part of this chapter. 7. If you know and understand Information Processing Theory, you are then able to comprehend more in the chapter. 8. This definition is often joked around about, that is why I feel as though it is important for people to know the real definition. 9. This is an important thing to know, and be aware of; therefore if you have low performance students, you can suggest for them to use this tactic, as well as others. 10. This is a really good study strategy that both college students, and elementary students can use in school. 11. I feel that it is important to know what qualifies a question as a "Well-Defined Problem"? 12. There is usually a question about defining a well-defined problem, and therefore it is important to know. 13. If you learn that a child had an impact head injury (the main impact in back of brain), and have been having problems with the child paying attention in class, by knowing about the parietal lobes you will know the cause and be able to help the child accordingly. 14. Knowing where the lobes are located are important, and basic, but will also assist you in teaching. 15. Internal motivation pushes people to do things the most, therefore it is important to know the definition.
True or False 1. This is a main, but very important point that intrinsic is the motivator that pushes an individual to do a task the most. 2. This is important to know because students, kids, adults do this; and knowing what it is helps us to understand it more.
3. Assessing your students is one of the most important things process you do as a teacher. Assessing is what makes you a better teacher, and that is why it is important to know and understand the different types of assessment. 4. When you are making a lesson plan it is important to make sure you have covered all R.S.V.P., therefore you should know what they stand for. 5. Most teachers compile work into folders to show their parents at "parent teacher conferences" what their son or daughter has done and how they have improved, and what they may need to work on. When you refer to something as important as this you should know the correct word reference for it, which is portfolio. 6. feel I that it is important to know the difference between: teacher-directed instruction versus learner-directed instruction, therefore all soon to be teachers should recognize the error in the question. 7. When teaching children you need to understand what their brain process when, and how it processes your teaching. In order to teach a child at a different age level you must learn, and understand why they do and say different things. This will make it easier to relate to children a fraction of your age. 8. A teacher should know the capabilities of their students. This question was marked false because it is a age-typical characteristic of a kindergarten- second grader not of a sixth- eighth grader. 9. Piaget is large role in psychology, and the understanding of children; therefore his main idea is greatly important. 10. Students should understand the meaning of algorithm, and be able to identify it in this question to show their comprehension. 11. This definition is one that all teachers should be aware of due to children having anxiety over different things. Understanding the definition is the first step to understanding where a your student may be coming from. 12. It is important to know the students personal interests, and be able to work them into the course material. When a teacher can do this, it creates a fun learning atmosphere. 13. In place of mastery goal is core goal, being that it is within yourself it will be the largest driving force for a student and to be able to help the student come up with a core goal is something that could change their performance in your classroom as well as others. 14. The mastery learning is an important approach that should be used and implemented in the classroom. 15. The Temporal lobes is an important lobe especially for auditory learners, this is something that can also be affected by a head injury. Therefore if a student is a football player, and has suffered from a minor concussion at last weeks game; this student slowly starts fail his classes. You should be aware of the concussion and learn that it could have played a large role in his learning. Matching 1- 15. I incorporated all of the matching due to their importance. Matching is something which is hard when given so many options, therefore this part is mainly on the test for distinguishing, matching purposes and to assess who has listened, studied, and read the chapters. Reason for each section
I chose to make the test multiple choice, true and false, and matching. The reason I chose multiple choice was to make sure the students understand the information, and did not just memorize the words. I chose true and false to make sure that the basic main points were comprehended. The matching was chosen to give many options, correlated with many definitions. This final exam is extremely time consuming as well as comprehensive, and therefore chose to not include an essay section.