Learning Styles & Cognitive Development Flashcards
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According to the revised Bloom's Taxonomy (2001), which cognitive level represents the highest order of thinking?
Answer: Create
In the revised Bloom's Taxonomy, 'Create'—synthesizing information to produce something new—sits at the top of the hierarchy above Evaluate, Analyze, Apply, Understand, and Remember.
The VARK model expands on the VAK model by adding which additional learning preference?
Answer: Reading/Writing
Neil Fleming's VARK model adds Reading/Writing as a distinct preference, recognizing students who learn best through text-based input and output such as note-taking, lists, and textbooks.
Carol Dweck's research identifies a 'growth mindset' as the belief that:
Answer: Intelligence and abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work
A growth mindset, as defined by Dweck, is the conviction that basic qualities like intelligence can be cultivated through effort, effective strategies, and help from others.
Students with a 'fixed mindset,' according to Carol Dweck, typically believe that:
Answer: Talents and intelligence are innate and largely unchangeable
A fixed mindset leads students to believe their abilities are static traits, causing them to avoid challenges and view effort as a sign of inadequacy rather than a path to mastery.
What term describes the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout a person's life?
Answer: Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's lifelong capacity to adapt structurally and functionally in response to learning, experience, and environmental change.
In information-processing theory, which memory component holds a limited amount of information in active, conscious use at any given moment?
Answer: Working memory
Working memory is the mental workspace where information is temporarily held and manipulated; it has limited capacity and duration, making it a critical bottleneck in learning.
Which cognitive strategy involves thinking about and monitoring one's own thought processes to improve learning?
Answer: Metacognition
Metacognition—'thinking about thinking'—enables learners to plan approaches, monitor comprehension, and evaluate their own understanding, which tutors can explicitly teach to boost academic independence.