LET REVIEWER PROF. ED

Principles and theories of Learning and motivation

1.      Which theory operates  on the “stimulus-response” principle, which means all behaviors are caused by external stimuli?

Ø  Behaviorist theory                              

2.      Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?

Ø  Dual-Coding Theory

3.      Miss Calma is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?

Ø  Law of readiness

4.      Teacher Jay, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so that his students can watch him and later reproduced the skill. What learning theory is associated with the situation?

Ø  Social Learning

5.      Practice is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?

Ø  Discrimination             

6.      A Music teacher is careful in planning activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and rewards correct answers. What view of learning is exhibited?

Ø  Operant conditioning

7.      Which of theories of learning presents or states that learning skills are hierarchically arranged?

Ø  Cumulative Learning

8.      Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?

Ø  When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know

9.      Ms. Jones, after learning the statements made by her colleague about their newly appointed principal, carefully deliberates whether to accept, reject or suspend judgement in such claim. What type of thinking does Ms. Jones have?

Ø  Reflective thinking

10.  An Earth Science teacher has just completed a unit on the sun. As she organizes her next unit on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?

Ø  Meaningful learning