16 Questions
Which factor states that the learning of complex subject matter is most effective when it is an intentional process of constructing meaning from information and experience?
Nature of the learning process
What factor refers to the successful learner's ability to create and use a repertoire of thinking and reasoning strategies to achieve complex learning goals?
Strategic thinking
Which factor emphasizes that learning is influenced by environmental factors, including culture, technology, and instructional practices?
Context of learning
What factor emphasizes that what and how much is learned is influenced by motivation, emotional states, beliefs, interests, goals, and habits of thinking?
Motivational and emotional influences on learning
Which factor refers to the successful learner's ability to link new information with existing knowledge in meaningful ways?
Construction of knowledge
What factor highlights the influence of culture, technology, and instructional practices on learning?
Context of learning
What is intrinsic motivation most stimulated by?
Tasks of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests
What does the life-span approach believe about developmental change in adulthood?
Developmental change takes place as it does during childhood
What does growth refer to in human development?
Positive changes that lead to maturity
What is a characteristic of the life-span perspective according to Paul Baltes?
No developmental stage dominates development
Why is there a need for development according to the text?
To aim for maturity
What does the traditional perspective believe about change in adulthood?
Extensive change from birth to late old age and little or no change in adulthood
What is development according to Paul Baltes?
Lifelong, multidimensional, plastic, and contextual
What do social influences on learning include?
Interpersonal relations and communication with others
What does learning require according to the text?
Extended learner effort and guided practice
What stimulates intrinsic motivation according to the text?
Tasks of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests, and providing for personal choice and control
Test your understanding of the learner-centered principles related to cognitive and metacognitive factors, including the nature of the learning process, goals of the learning process, and construction of knowledge.
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