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Good Morning!
EDUA 1800 – A17Mary-Ann Updike
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Overview
Psychology of Learning & Instruction 1:Theory and Practice is about learnersand learning, and understanding andassessing the conditions that influencethe learning process and its outcomes.
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Course Questions
1. What characteristics do our studentsbring to the classroom?
2. What do we know about howstudents learn?
3. How can we convert our knowledgeabout development, diversity, andlearning into effective teachingpractice?
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Most children age 5 years of age andolder are natural learners; they knowthe best way to learn something withouthaving to be taught how to learn it.
True False
False
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When we compare boys and girls, wefind that both groups are, on average,very similar in their mathematical andverbal aptitudes.
True False
True
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The best way to learn and remember anew fact is to repeat it over and overagain.
True False
False
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Although students initially have manymisconceptions about the world, theyquickly revise their thinking once their
teacher presents information thatcontradicts what they believe.
True FalseFalse
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Student often misjudge how much theyknow about a subject.
True False
True
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Taking notes during a lecture usuallyinterferes with learning more than ithelps.
True False
False
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When a teacher rewards one student forappropriate behaviour, the behaviour of other students may also improve.
True False
True
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Anxiety sometimes helps students learnand perform more successfully in theclassroom.
True False
True
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When we have students tutor theirclassmates in academic subject matter,we help only the students being tutored,
the students doing the tutoring gainvery little from the interaction.
True FalseFalse
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The ways in which teachers assessstudents’ learning influence what andhow the students actually learn.
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Get the Facts
Volunteers were asked to imagine theyhad a disease and had to choosebetween two medications – one, a 90%
effective drug they’d heard a negativestory about, or two, a 40% effectivedrug that they’d heard a positive storyabout.Eight out of 10 chose the less effectivedrug on the basis of that single positiveanecdote.
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