Educational Psychology Study Guide Questions
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Educational Psychology explores the scientific study of how people learn and develop within educational settings. This course covers key theories of cognitive, emotional, and social development, examining how these processes influence teaching methods, classroom management, and student motivation. Students will analyze the impact of individual differences, learning environments, and assessment practices on educational outcomes. Through research-based strategies and real-world applications, the course prepares future educators to create effective, inclusive, and supportive learning environments tailored to diverse student needs.
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Marshs Becoming a Teacher 6th Edition by
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Chapter 1: What Is Teaching All About
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Q1) The complexity of the teaching role was illustrated by Jackson's (1990) finding that teachers make over:
A) 50 decisions as day.
B) 100 decisions a day.
C) 150 decisions a day.
D) 200 decisions a day.
Answer: D
Q2) Why can teaching be described as 'ambiguous'?
Answer: Because what might be right in one situation with one group of students may not be right in another situation with other students, thus making clear-cut answers difficult.
Q3) Teachers who can give clear directions and manage time efficiently are demonstrating:
A) an ethic of care.
B) communication skills.
C) organisational skills.
D) reflective skills.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: How Students Develop and Learn
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Q1) Kohlberg focused on stages of moral development rather than the development of values because he believed:
A) values are difficult to teach.
B) values are not the basis of moral choices.
C) there is a lack of consensus on which values to teach.
D) moral development can be taught.
Answer: C
Q2) One difference between the theories of Bruner and Vygotsky is that:
A) Vygotsky focused more on the social world of the child.
B) Bruner placed more importance on scaffolding students' efforts.
C) only Bruner identified stages of growth.
D) Vygotsky placed more emphasis on discovery learning.
Answer: A
Q3) Is the following statement True or False? 'Erickson saw the tension between negative and positive polarities as necessary for healthy psychosocial development.'
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Learner Motivation and Developing Self-Esteem
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Q1) Maslow developed his hierarchy of personal needs in:
A) 1953.
B) 1954.
C) 1955.
D) 1956.
Answer: B
Q2) Discuss the following statement in the light of what you know about social motivation: 'Relationships in the classroom are the basis of student success.' Describe the features of classroom climate that would support students' social motivation.
Answer: The student's response should cover:
-As per Maslow's hierarchy of needs, social needs are a major consideration for all students.
-Support from the teacher can be used to reinforce desired social behaviour as well as build self-esteem and more positive relationships between the teacher and students in the class.
-Harmin (1994) suggests it is the role of the teacher to inspire growth in dignity, energy, self-management, community and awareness (DESCA).
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Chapter 4: Learning Environments
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Q1) Having an area where a small number of students can work on task cards related to a particular topic is an example of:
A) teacher-directed learning.
B) ability grouping.
C) computer-assisted learning.
D) a learning station.
Q2) In classrooms organised on the basis of 'territory':
A) the teacher remains the central figure.
B) students can engage in generative learning.
C) the location of desks is a minor consideration.
D) allocation of specialist materials and activities is a primary consideration.
Q3) Biddle and Berliner's (2002) synthesis of studies on the impact of class size found that:
A) girls benefitted more from smaller classes than boys.
B) students who have traditionally been disadvantaged did not benefit from smaller classes.
C) evidence for the possible advantages of small classes in high school is inconclusive.
D) smaller classes are most beneficial in the upper grades.
Q4) What are community schools?
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Chapter 5: The Australian Curriculum
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Q1) What are two criticisms that some theorists have made about the theoretical basis of the Australian Curriculum?
Q2) According to ACARA, the key reason that General Capabilities have been listed as a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum is that they 'encompass skills, behaviours and dispositions that students develop and apply to content knowledge and that support them in becoming successful learners, confident and creative individuals and ':
A) problem solvers and risk takers.
B) autonomous and collaborative contributors.
C) skilled communicators and activists.
D) active and informed citizens.
Q3) The main tool used to ensure 'ongoing consultation with a variety of stakeholders' in accordance with the National Curriculum Board's seventh principle is:
A) a comprehensive website to acquaint teachers with up-to-date information.
B) a series of on-line surveys asking stakeholders for feedback about the new curriculum.
C) regular newsletters sent to schools.
D) a series of public forums in each state.
Q4) What were three of the reasons given in 2008 for needing a national curriculum?
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Chapter 6: Exploring and Contesting Curriculum
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Q1) The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (2009), which provides a set of learning outcomes for children from birth to 5 years, has an emphasis on:
A) communication and language.
B) abstract thinking skills.
C) rote learning.
D) collaborative learning.
Q2) One strength of defining curriculum as 'a set of performance objectives for student learning in a variety of sites' is that the emphasis is on:
A) students.
B) content.
C) resources.
D) teaching strategies.
Q3) It is contended that at the system level, national assessments help government ministers make decisions about:
A) the professional development needs of teachers.
B) resourcing in priority curriculum areas.
C) the quality of schools.
D) the quality of teacher education programs.
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Chapter 7: Planning and Preparing for Teaching
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Q1) In lesson plans, developmental activities:
A) grow out of the introductory opening activities.
B) are used to motivate students and present new ideas.
C) provide closure for the lesson or series of lessons.
D) assess student learning.
Q2) Explain why teachers need to engage in planning and key principles that should inform planning. Explain how you would incorporate two of the principles in planning a lesson on a topic of your choice.
Q3) An important guideline when planning the 'learning experiences' element of a program is to ensure:
A) the strategies selected are ones that encourage active learning.
B) the content has social relevance.
C) time allowances are realistic.
D) objectives are attainable.
Q4) The use of units in planning is recommended because units:
A) achieve better learning outcomes for students.
B) are a succinct form of planning for teachers.
C) provide students with a focus rather than letting them experience isolated lessons. D) can be used again in the following year.
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Chapter 8: Organising Classroom Structures and Routines
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Q1) What is one problem that teachers need to be aware of when using friendship groups for learning tasks?
Q2) The best topics for using cooperative learning in lessons are those that require:
A) pre-determined answers.
B) searching for answers and exploring alternative solutions.
C) the use of information technology.
D) collaboration on each stage of the task.
Q3) When groups are operating in the classroom, 'strategic positioning' by the teacher means the teacher:
A) leaves the groups to work things out themselves as much as possible.
B) observes what is happening in all groups while working with a particular group.
C) stands apart and intervenes only when asked.
D) spends equal time positioned near each group.
Q4) Decide on a lesson topic suited to the use of cooperative learning and describe the key steps you would use in planning and implementing the lesson. Identify three potential problems that may occur in your use of cooperative learning and how you would address them.
Q5) What are three strategies teachers might use to maintain whole-class attention?
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Chapter 9: Planning to Achieve Goals, Aims, Objectives,
Outcomes and Standards
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Q1) An incorrect statement about goals is:
A) students should have the opportunity to discuss goals.
B) goals can be modified during teaching.
C) goals make expectations clear to students.
D) goals address how teachers would engage students to achieve expectations.
Q2) Use Mager's (1997) three important components of behavioural objectives to write an objective which contains all three.
Q3) In Benjamin Bloom's (1956) six basic objectives for the cognitive domain, objectives that ask students to produce something new by combining pieces or elements fit within the:
A) application domain.
B) comprehension domain.
C) evaluation domain.
D) synthesis domain.
Q4) Schools are designated as failing in the United States on the basis of:
A) feedback from yearly parental surveys.
B) reports based on yearly inspections by external evaluators.
C) students' performance on standardised tests.
D) enrolments falling below a designated level.
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Q5) What are two criticisms that have been made of outcomes-based education (OBE)?
Chapter 10: Communicating Effectively
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Q1) Write two questions on the topic of pollution, one that would be classified within Bloom's taxonomy as a 'comprehension' question and one that would be classified as an 'application' question.
Q2) Is the following statement True or False? 'Teachers should not accept a student's answer if it is incorrect.'
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the three sets of skills involved in communication?
A) Language skills.
B) Social skills.
C) Psychomotor skills.
D) Cognitive skills.
Q4) Which of the following is not a form of non-verbal communication?
A) Tone of voice.
B) Personal space.
C) Appropriate vocabulary.
D) Facial expressions.
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Chapter 11: Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning
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Q1) Practice drills are most effective in supporting students to recall information if they:
A) last at least thirty minutes.
B) occur as a formal lesson.
C) use a consistent format.
D) vary in amount and kind depending on the needs of the student.
Q2) In the four dominant teaching styles identified by Ryan and Cooper (2008), teachers who value indepth knowledge and help students think about topics and generate ideas are described as:
A) concrete sequential.
B) abstract sequential.
C) abstract random.
D) concrete random.
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the four common phases that tend to appear within any approach to teaching and learning?
A) Preparation.
B) Presentation.
C) Investigation.
D) Comparison and abstraction.
Q4) What is one advantage and one disadvantage of online discussion?
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Chapter 12: Classroom Management
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Q1) To what should teachers refer when trying to resolve major management issues caused by male/female and cultural tensions within the classroom?
Q2) Is the following statement True or False? 'Giving students additional school work is an appropriate intervention measure for misbehaviour.'
A)True
B)False
Q3) An example of preventive discipline would be:
A) speaking quietly to a student about off-task behaviour.
B) using a non-verbal signal when a student interrupts.
C) directing a student who is disrupting others to another place in the classroom.
D) planning engaging lessons.
Q4) Is the following statement True or False? 'Teachers do not need to address off-task behaviour if it is non-disruptive.'
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe a routine you would put in place for taking attendance each morning.
Q6) List the five key behaviours used by assertive teachers.
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Chapter 13: Using Resources Creatively
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Q1) A trial of iPad use in nine primary, secondary and special schools in 2011 found that iPads could be used to achieve a range of educational outcomes but only if:
A) students were proficient in the use of iPads.
B) teachers were proficient in the use of iPads.
C) there was one iPad per student.
D) there was quality teaching and support.
Q2) Davis and Krajcik (2005) found that resources are educative for teachers as well as students because they help teachers to:
A) learn the subject matter more deeply.
B) discover a range of teaching strategies.
C) develop more interesting teaching and learning activities.
D) demonstrate their specialised knowledge.
Q3) Rowley and Cooper (2009) contend that field trips are most suited to:
A) cross-curricular approaches.
B) independent study.
C) the arts.
D) the social sciences.
Q4) Identify two findings from two different researchers about the ways twitter can be used by teachers.
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Chapter 14: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students
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Q1) A recently graduated teacher reaches the mid-point of the first year of teaching and realises that up until that point the teaching used has mainly been whole-class instruction. Explain why this should be of concern to the teacher and provide a detailed description of five steps that the teacher could take to gradually move towards a more differentiated classroom.
Q2) Studies of the gender differences in the brain have found that:
A) males have more cortical areas devoted to verbal functioning.
B) reading and writing come more easily to the male brain.
C) males use half the brain space that females use.
D) females have more cortical areas devoted to spatial-mechanical functioning.
Q3) A teacher who uses a critical pedagogy practice to directly address cultural bias and deconstruct societal stereotypes would:
A) embed diverse perspectives into the classroom (e.g. Muslim perspectives).
B) ensure that students from diverse backgrounds understood mainstream perspectives.
C) provide additional English language support for students from non-English speaking backgrounds.
D) provide opportunities for all students to share aspects of their culture.
Q4) How did Tomlinson (1999) define the term 'differentiated classroom'?
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Chapter 15: Developing Knowledgeable, Responsible and Caring Students
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Q1) Elias et al. (1997) highlighted the link between cognitive and affective learning processes using the term 'knowledgeable ...':
A) and emotionally intelligent.
B) and a good citizen.
C) responsible and caring.
D) sociable and responsive.
Q2) What are the arguments for and against values education in schools? As a beginning teacher, what are the good practice principles you need to consider if you decide you want to engage in values education with your students?
Q3) The report on the Values in Action Schools Project (2008-2009) concluded that values education impacted on student learning in five ways. One of these ways is 'transformation' which means that students and teachers:
A) have an increased awareness of values.
B) have improved capacity to make responsible choices.
C) develop positive relationships.
D) are willing to try changes in aspects of classroom-based practices.
Q4) Why is role play a useful strategy for teachers to use in social and emotional learning?
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Chapter 16: Parents and Caregivers Partnerships With Schools
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Q1) Which of the following is not normally argued as a benefit of parent participation in schools?
A) Parents have a variety of skills, talents and interests they can contribute to curriculum.
B) If parents participate in schools they are more likely to understand the complexities and defend school practices.
C) Democratic decision-making operates in most institutions and agencies so it should also occur in schools.
D) Parents who are close to the education of their child have a greater impact on the child's development and achievement.
Q2) Is this statement True or False? 'In Australia there are already well-developed formalised partnerships between schools and families.'
A)True
B)False
Q3) Write a discussion paper for use in a staff meeting outlining the benefits and challenges of greater parent participation in schools.
Q4) What is the difference between parental involvement and parental participation?
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Chapter 17: Assessment and Reporting
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Q1) What is meant by the term 'assessment'?
Q2) Assessment that is used to check students' skills and understandings before beginning a unit of work so that the teacher can start the instruction at the level the students have reached is referred to as:
A) informal testing.
B) diagnostic assessment.
C) formative assessment.
D) summative assessment.
Q3) Staff at your school have decided to include performance assessment as one of the main assessment techniques to be used by all teachers. You have been selected to give a talk to members of the School Council in which you explain:
-The meaning of performance assessment.
-The perceived benefits and challenges of this technique.
-What considerations need to be addressed in developing assessment tasks. What will you say?
Q4) What are three reservations that have been identified about large scale testing?
Q5) Why is it important for teachers to keep records of assessment information?
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Chapter 18: Professional and Cultural Dimensions of Teaching
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Q1) In reference to the relationship between the Commonwealth and the states in the management of education, 'hard policy' refers to Commonwealth policy requirements:
A) that are difficult to meet.
B) linked to funding.
C) linked to raising student achievement standards.
D) that are mandatory.
Q2) How do you respond to the perception by some that teaching is a 'skilled trade' rather than a profession? Draw on insights from the theorists in Chapter 18 to present an argument for and against the idea of teaching being a profession.
Q3) What is your understanding of what comprises a school's culture? Use at least six of the 'manifestations' of school culture from Beare, Caldwell and Millikan's 'Framework for analysing school culture' (shown in Figure 18.3) to describe features of a school culture which you would find supportive as a beginning teacher.
Q4) The use of the term 'profession' originated in Europe in the:
A) 16<sup>th</sup> century.
B) 17<sup>th</sup> century.
C) 18<sup>th</sup> century.
D) 19<sup>th</sup> century.
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Chapter 19: Equity, Ethics and Legal Issues in Teaching
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Q1) Teachers have the right to:
A) search students for prohibited items.
B) search school property such as lockers and desks.
C) confiscate students' property.
D) destroy confiscated property.
Q2) To what extent is equity addressed as a separate issue in the Australian Curriculum?
Q3) The Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011) reported that in 2010 the retention rate for the general population was 78% while for Indigenous students it was:
A) 27%.
B) 37%.
C) 47%.
D) 57%.
Q4) McGaw (2007) suggests that one way to bridge the differences between advantaged and disadvantaged secondary schools would be to:
A) double the funding for disadvantaged schools.
B) place the best teachers in disadvantaged schools.
C) co-locate schools so resources can be shared.
D) ensure all schools have roughly the same mix of students.
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Chapter 20: Teacher Standards
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Q1) Louden (2000) argued that the 'first wave' of standards frameworks developed in the 1990s were deficient in:
A) representing only a few of the duties teachers undertake.
B) providing too much contextual information.
C) describing a field of knowledge as if it were unproblematic.
D) focusing on specific rather than generic skills.
Q2) The time between approval of a 'National Framework for Professional Standards of Teaching' in 2003 and the release of a final set of standards was:
A) 7 years.
B) 8 years.
C) 9 years.
D) 10 years.
Q3) In the National Standards and Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education (ACDE, 1998) an example of Standard 14 'working in schools and systems' would be to:
A) gain a knowledge of relevant curriculum documents and resources.
B) encourage student behaviour which promotes learning.
C) understand human growth and development.
D) have an understanding of teacher roles outside the classroom.
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