The Strategic Learner
88.Cognitive operations that go beyond the normal activities : 1200732.
The Strategic Learner
88.Cognitive operations that go beyond the normal activities required to carry out a task are called:
a.concepts.
b.academic rules.
c.principles.
d.strategies.
89.Highlighting parts of the text you feel are important is best described as a(n):
a.academic rule.
b.concept.
c.principle.
d.strategy.
90.All of the following are examples of strategies except:
a.concept learning.
b.elaborative questioning
c.summarizing.
d.highlighting.
91.Which student following is being most “strategic” in his or her approach to studying?
a.Enrique carefully reads the chapter and then goes back and rereads it.
b.Madena reads a paragraph, realizes that she has drifted off, and then reads the paragraph again.
c.Antonio looks at the chapter outline and then reads the chapter.
d.Carla reads a section of the chapter and then writes two or three summary sentences about the section.
92. Three students are discussing their approaches to understanding the information being taught in their history class.
“I always read my history before I do math,” Ken notes. “That gets it out of the way, and then I can enjoy myself.”
“I never miss a homework assignment in that class,” Tim shrugs. “You know how Mrs. Cooksey is about homework. I’d be scared to death not to do it.”
“I always read the history assignment before I go to class,” Toni comments. “Mrs. Cooksey goes so fast. If I’ve already read about the stuff she’s discussing, I don’t have to work so hard to keep up.”
The student that best illustrates strategic behavior is:
a.Ken.
b.Tim.
c.Toni.
93.Of the following, strategic learning most closely relates to:
a.modeling.
b.rehearsal.
c.perception.
d.metacognition.
94.Of the following, which student is most directly displaying metacognition?
a.Karen stops herself during reading to make sure she is comprehending.
b.Peggy reads her textbook in preparation for an upcoming exam.
c.Bob solves extra problems to practice prior to the physics exam.
d.Jonna reads a related textbook on probability because she is interested.
95.On which theory of learning is strategic learning most nearly based?
a.Behaviorism
b.Social cognitive theory
c.The human memory model
d.Constructivism
96.Techniques students use to increase their understanding of written materials and teachers’ presentations are described as:
a.critical thinking skills.
b.study strategies.
c.problem-solving abilities.
d.processing strategies.
97.Research that has been done on study strategies has focused primarily on the ways students learn from:
a.written materials.
b.verbal presentations.
c.cooperative activities.
d.class discussions.
98.Of the following, the study strategy that is most likely to be misused, with the result being a lack of meaningful encoding is:
a.highlighting.
b.self-questioning.
c.summarizing.
d.representing tasks with hierarchies and outlines.
The Strategic Learner
88.Cognitive operations that go beyond the normal activities : 1200732
