CPI Teaching Strategies & Learning Assessment 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which instructional model uses a cycle of Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation?
- Gagné's Nine Events
- Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle (Correct answer)
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- ADDIE Model
Correct answer: Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle
Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle describes how learners move through four stages from doing to reflecting to theorizing to testing.
Question 2: Scaffolding in postsecondary instruction refers to:
- Building physical classroom structures
- Providing temporary support structures that are gradually removed (Correct answer)
- Assessing students at the start of a course
- Organizing course syllabi
Correct answer: Providing temporary support structures that are gradually removed
Scaffolding offers structured support that decreases as students gain competency, based on Vygotsky's zone of proximal development.
Question 3: Which of the following is an example of norm-referenced assessment?
- A competency checklist for clinical skills
- Grading on a curve relative to classmates (Correct answer)
- A rubric aligned to course objectives
- A pass/fail licensure exam
Correct answer: Grading on a curve relative to classmates
Norm-referenced assessment ranks students relative to each other rather than against a fixed standard.
Question 4: A CPI instructor is teaching a procedural skill. Which sequence is most pedagogically sound?
- Test → Demonstrate → Practice
- Explain → Demonstrate → Guided practice → Independent practice (Correct answer)
- Assign reading → Test → Lecture
- Practice → Explain → Demonstrate
Correct answer: Explain → Demonstrate → Guided practice → Independent practice
The I Do, We Do, You Do model (explain → demonstrate → guided → independent) is the research-supported sequence for skill instruction.
Question 5: Which assessment format provides the MOST direct evidence that students can apply knowledge in real-world contexts?
- Standardized multiple-choice exams
- Authentic performance tasks (Correct answer)
- Oral recitation drills
- Weekly vocabulary quizzes
Correct answer: Authentic performance tasks
Authentic performance tasks require students to use knowledge in realistic scenarios, providing direct evidence of application.
Question 6: An instructor observes that a student who performs well on written tests consistently fails hands-on labs. The BEST first action is to:
- Excuse the student from lab work
- Investigate whether a learning or skills gap exists and provide targeted support (Correct answer)
- Lower the lab grading standards
- Report the student to administration
Correct answer: Investigate whether a learning or skills gap exists and provide targeted support
Investigating the root cause—whether conceptual, procedural, or anxiety-based—allows the instructor to provide appropriate intervention.
Question 7: Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a learning objective in course design?
- To describe topics covered in each lecture
- To communicate measurable student outcomes (Correct answer)
- To list required readings
- To outline grading policies
Correct answer: To communicate measurable student outcomes
Learning objectives use action verbs to state what students will demonstrably know or do by the end of instruction.
CPI Teaching Strategies & Learning Assessment 3
Which instructional model uses a cycle of Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation?