UHWL stands for the title of the book "Understanding Human Ways of Learning"
FALSE Understanding How We Learn
Neuroscience are the study of the structure and functions of the brain.
Neuroscience IS the study of the structure and functions of the brain.
Name 3 of the 6 learning strategies discussed in UHWL.
elaboration / retrieval practice / spaced practice / interleaving / concrete examples / dual coding
Interleaving means switching between ideas or problem types while studying
TRUE
Attention: directing and maintaining focus on a specific item (stimulus)
TRUE
Qualitative data: data that can be easily transformed into numbers
FALSE Data that can not be counted (like favourite colour or types of cells)
Independent variable: the effect that is measured in an experiment
FALSE The variable the researcher manipulates or controls
The goal is to make applying to education of research from cognitive psychology more accessible.
The goal is to make APPLICATIONS to education of research from cognitive psychology more accessible.
Conclusions from experimental studies in cognitive psychology need to be communicated carefully.
CORRECT!
In the experiment using randomized controlled trials, causal relationships among variables can be tested.
In AN experiment using randomized controlled trials, causal relationships among variables can be tested.
A large number of disciplines (cognitive psychology/sociology/developmental studies/etc) contributes to our understanding of how we learn.
A large number of disciplines (cognitive psychology/sociology/developmental studies/etc) CONTIRBUTE to our understanding of how we learn.
The finding that repeated reading does not improve learning.
Repeated reading does not improve learning. OR some addition to the incomplete sentence to make it a complete thought.
Misunderstandings about scientific findings can be the result of an honestly desire to learn.
Misunderstandings about scientific findings can be the result of an HONEST desire to learn.
Information is interpreted different depending on the context and the person.
Information is interpreted DIFFERENTLY depending on the context and the person.
Top-down processing involves applying prior knowledge to understanding a situation.
CORRECT!
Attention is often defined as a "limited-capacity resource".
TRUE
