1. Alyssia explores her environment through touching, smelling, tasting, moving her
body and climbing/ crawling around. According to Piaget, whichstage of development is
Alyssia experiencing?(1/1 Point)
2. Which of the following best reflects the concept of scaffolding?(1/1 Point)
Students are required to retake tests or work on papers until a minimumpassing grade
is achieved.
The teacher breaks a large project down into smaller pieces and provides anoutline to
students.
Students are asked to write a summary of the previous day's lesson.
The teacher begins each lesson with five minutes of drill-and practice exercises.: The
teacher breaks a large project down into smaller pieces and provides an outline to students.
3. According to Piaget, all but which of the following are characteristics ofchildren in
preschool and kindergarten (i.e., between the ages of two and six)?(1/1 Point)
They are unable to understand the concept of conservation of mass.
They are learning about symbols such as letters and numbers.
They are able to think logically.
They do not understand other children's point of view.: They are able to thinklogically.
,4. Mrs. Baldwin is substituting for a fourth-grade class. She is determining which
activity to conduct in class today. According to Piaget, which activity would be most
appropriate for this class?(0/1 Point)
filling out a graphic organizer on the similarities and differences betweenrocks
rubbing hands through various sensory buckets (sand, water, bubbles)testing a
hypothesis on what influences people to make purchases
putting together 10-piece puzzles matching science terms and images: fillingout a graphic
organizer on the similarities and differences between rocks
5. A child who has had an unpleasant experience with dogs and who believesthat dogs are
mean walks down the street and encounters a dog that wags its tail at her. The child
interprets the dog's behavior as threatening and runsaway. Later, when she describes the
dog to her parents and how it wagged its tail, the parents explain that this is a friendly
response in dogs. Thus, the child begins to by changing what she believes about dogs.(0/1
Point)
organize
assimilate
accommodate
equilibrate: accommodate
6. Which teaching methodology is consistent with Vygotsky's theory of cognitive
development?(1/1 Point)
Encourage students to share different perspectives on a topic to help eachother learn.
Reinforce students who show effort and stay on task in order to increase thefrequency of
these behaviors.
Address students' need for an encouraging environment in which to work onassignments.
Provide a variety of math manipulatives to help student adapt their schema
to new learning.: Encourage students to share different perspectives on a topic to help each
other learn.
,7. Mrs. Peacock teaches 5th grade. They are learning how to read maps and to use a compass
rose. Her class is working on finding the 13 colonies on a map. In which stage of Piaget's
cognitive development theory are they working?(1/1Point)
8. According to Vygotsky, one's culture(1/1 Point)plays
no role in cognitive development.
affects how we relate to one another but not how we think.
plays a weak role in cognitive development.
strongly influences what we learn and how we think.: strongly influences whatwe learn
and how we think.
9. Mr. Mustard's middle school science class is working on science fair projects. Billy
has elected to do his project on how many types of germs may be found on surfaces in the
school cafeteria. He has already created a hypothesis about the types of germs he is likely to
find. Which stage of Piaget'scognitive development does this represent?(0/1 Point)
10. Organized patterns of actions and thoughts, such as kicking a footballor realizing
that there are many different types of footballs, or connecting
memories of one family vacations with other family vacations, are defined byPiaget as(1/1
Point)
accommodation.
adaptation.
, schema.
equilibration.: schema.
11. Students in Mrs. Carter's third-grade class love to learn new facts. They enjoy sorting
rocks from the playground by color and size. They also under- stand that other people have
different thoughts and experiences, but it will be a few years before they can really
understand analogies and metaphors. According to Piaget's cognitive development theory,
in which stage are thesestudents?(1/1 Point)
sensorimotor
preoperational concrete
operational
formal operational: concrete operational
12. One key difference between Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories of cognitivedevelopment
is that Piaget believes that development must come first, and then learning can occur.
Vygotsky believe the opposite--that the learning process causes growth and development.
What is another area of disagreement between the two theorists?(1/1 Point)
Meaningful learning is the active construction of knowledge through personalexperience.
Social interaction with more knowledgeable peers can greatly enhance cognitive
development.
Engaging with the environment is critical to foster cognitive development.
Teaching children in small steps, and reinforcing correct answers is essential.-
: Social interaction with more knowledgeable peers can greatly enhance cognitive
development.
13. A 9th-grade history teacher is working with students on a unit related tothe Civil
War. Which activity would most challenge their cognitive abilities, according to Piaget's
theory of cognitive development?(1/1 Point)
having the class create a timeline of the civil war, identifying key dates andevents on a
large poster
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