120.Of the following, the best teacher question to promote : 1200735.
120.Of the following, the best teacher question to promote critical thinking on the part of students is:
a.“What is the first thing that we always do?”
b.“What do you see?”
c.“What do parentheses tell us to do?”
d.“How do you know?”
Look at the following example, and answer items 121 and 122 in the context of critical thinking.
Mrs. Nickerson’s students are analyzing a table illustrating the average global temperature for the years 1960-2010. She begins by asking, “What do we have here?”
“A graph showing temperatures over the last 50 years,” Marianne replies.
“What do you notice in the data?” she asks.
After students make several observations, Rafael notes, “The temperatures are increasing, particularly in the last 20 years.”
“Why would Rafael say that?” Mrs. Nickerson responds.
“For one thing, the five hottest temperatures are all in the last 20 years,” Vicki responds.
After some additional discussion, Mrs. Nickerson asks, “What are we doing here?”
“We’re looking for trends in the data,” Sebastian responds.
121.The question that most nearly promotes critical thinking is:
a.“What do we have here?”
b.“What do you notice in the data?”
c.“Why would Rafael say that?”
d.“What are we doing here?”
122.The student who is most nearly demonstrating metacognition is:
a.Marianne.
b.Rafael.
c.Vicki.
d.Sebastian.
Essay Item
123.Describe four guidelines that teachers can apply as they attempt to promote strategic learning in their students, and provide an example of each.
Transfer of Learning
124.The ability to apply previous learning to new situations best describes:
a.metacognition.
b.study strategies.
c.critical thinking.
d.transfer.
125.In her mathematics class, Melanie is provided a number of strategies to use to help her solve word problems. One of those strategies is to draw a picture or diagram of the problem. In her science class, recently, a different teacher provided her with a problem to solve, and she immediately drew a picture of the problem. Last night, Melanie was asked to arrange the seating for her sister’s wedding reception, and she started by drawing a picture of all of the tables in the room. By drawing a picture in both science and for the seating arrangement, Melanie is best demonstrating:
a.metacognition.
b.intelligence.
c.transfer.
d.critical thinking
120.Of the following, the best teacher question to promote : 1200735
