Valdosta State University
Department of Psychology
PSY310  Edcational Psychology
Instructor: John H. Hummel, Ph.D.


PRACTICE QUIZ #2
Meaningful Lessons

Chap.s 7 & 8 Name ______________________ 50 points

1. All educators ought to help students develop metacognitive awareness. (a) Define metacognition. (1)

(b) Describe the four outcomes associated with students who have good study habits and are metacognitively aware. (8)









2. Two of the most powerful study skills teachers can help students develop are SQ4R and 40/60. In the latter, students write down as much as they can during class presentations. Before the next class (usually in another notebook), they generate questions from the old notes (on the 40% side of the page) and next to each question they write an answer based on the notes from the previous class and other sources (the answer is paraphrased).

(a) Describe the components of SQ4R (6)









(b) Based on what you've learned so far in our class, describe the contingencies you'd set up to get your students to regularly practice/do either of these two methods. (3)









3. Describe the three phases associated with Ausubel's expository teaching. (3)




4. Mental set is the _____ step of a direct instruction lesson plan (LP) as wait time is to the 4th. (1)

5. Describe the seven steps associated with a complete direct instruction LP. (14)





















6. Twelve basic teaching methods were described in the study guide. Describe any THREE. (6)








7. Describe 3 of Grondlund's six rules teachers should follow when using seatwork assignments. (6)








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