Learning

Question 1

T or F… The more knowledge in long term memory the easier it is to add more.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is it called when the more knowledgeable a student is on a topic, the less guidance they need.

Answer 2

Expertise reversal effect

Question 3

When students have a lot of knowledge on a subject, too much guidance can actually impede earning.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

With the right amount of information on the long term memory, people can effortlessly process enormous amounts of information- even if their working memories aren’t that capacious.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What are the two ways you can get information into the long term memory?

Answer 5

Declarative pathway and procedural pathway.

Question 6

Declarative or procedural? Which one uses working memory?

Answer 6

Declarative

Question 7

Some students like to study while listening to music while others view it as a distraction… What explains this?

Answer 7

You guessed it… The students who can listen to music have better working memories. The caveat is that most students should avoid listening to music while studying math because math and music use overlapping parts of the brain, exhausting that part of working memory.

Question 8

What is it called when you look at faulty work and students practice fixing the mistakes.

Answer 8

Error analysis

Question 9

T or F… You can apply error analysis across all kinds of subjects.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What are the steps in error analysis?

Answer 10

1. Teacher fixes a faulty example while verbalizing thought process.
2. Provide students with error -ridden examples to fix themselves.
3. Have students share and give feedback.
4. During lesson stay vigilant and work with students who need extra support.