Course description:
This course provides a systematic study of learners, learning, and teaching and emphasizes cognitive, social and moral development while also focusing on educational diversity. Instruction also focuses on motivating students to learn, creating effective learning environments, and assessing student learning.
Course structure:
Course Syllabus
Study Guide
Study Video
QAIT PowerPoint
End of Course Review
Practice Questions
Exam:
48 questions
40 multiple choice questions
8 open-ended questions
2 hours to complete
Closed book
Sample questions:
1) Intentional teachers are constantly thinking about:
A. The outlooks they want for their students and assessments of outlooks
B. What goals they and their students are trying to accomplish
C. The ratio of student to teacher
D. The faculty meeting agenda
2) Discontinuous theories of development focus on:
A. Inborn factors rather than environmental influences
B. Environmental influences rather than genetic factors
C. The importance of environment rather than heredity
D. The detrimental effects of disruption in nurturing caregivers
3) According to Erikson, parents who are severely punish children’s attempts at initiative will make children feel guilty about:
A. bonding.
B. their natural urges.
C. developing identity.
D. maintaining integrity.
4) You are a teacher working with students from a low-income neighborhood. Based on findings from research on academic progress and SES, you should expect your students, relative to Middle-Class students of the same age, to:
A. maintain academic achievement levels over the summer.
B. to make slight academic gains over the summer.
C. to lose ground academically over the summer.
D. to make modest academic gains during the summer.
5) Which of the following is a secondary reinforcer?
A. Money
B. Food
C. Security
D. Happiness
Answers:
B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A