CIA Child Development & Learning Theories 3

Question 1

Which model categorizes learners into Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic (VAK) preference styles?

Accepted Answer

Fleming's VAK/VARK model

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Bloom's Taxonomy

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Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle

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Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

Question 2

According to Bloom's Taxonomy, which cognitive level represents the highest order of thinking?

Accepted Answer

Evaluating

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Remembering

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Understanding

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Applying

Question 3

A child who consistently struggles with transitions between activities would most benefit from which support strategy?

Accepted Answer

Advance warning and visual schedules to prepare for changes

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Removing all schedule structures to provide flexibility

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Immediate removal from the setting when upset

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Increasing academic demands during transition periods

Question 4

Which of the following best defines 'metacognition'?

Accepted Answer

Thinking about one's own thinking and learning processes

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The ability to memorize factual information quickly

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Social awareness and empathy toward peers

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The speed at which a learner processes new information

Question 5

Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) requires that instructional content and methods be:

Accepted Answer

Matched to children's individual developmental levels, abilities, and cultural contexts

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Identical for all students in the same grade regardless of development

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Based solely on a student's chronological age

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Focused exclusively on grade-level academic benchmarks

Question 6

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of Piaget's preoperational stage (ages 2–7)?

Accepted Answer

Egocentric thinking and the emergence of symbolic play

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Mastery of conservation of volume and mass

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Ability to reason logically about abstract concepts

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Understanding of complex cause-and-effect relationships

Question 7

When an instructional assistant provides a student with a checklist to monitor their own task completion, this strategy primarily supports:

Accepted Answer

Self-regulation and executive functioning

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Rote memorization skills

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Peer collaboration and social skills

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Phonemic awareness development