GLA Student Learning and Development 2

Question 1

According to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), what does the ZPD represent?

Accepted Answer

Tasks a student can do with guided support but not yet alone

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Tasks a student can do independently

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Tasks too difficult even with help

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Tasks already mastered by the student

Question 2

Which instructional strategy best supports students who are English Language Learners (ELLs) in a mainstream classroom?

Accepted Answer

Providing visual supports and sentence frames

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Requiring only English during all activities

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Grouping ELLs separately from native speakers

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Reducing academic expectations

Question 3

A student frequently disrupts class by calling out answers. Using positive behavior support, the teacher should first:

Accepted Answer

Teach and reinforce the expected behavior of raising a hand

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Remove the student from the classroom

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Ignore the behavior entirely

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Send a note home to parents

Question 4

Which of Piaget's stages is characterized by the ability to think logically about abstract concepts?

Accepted Answer

Formal Operational

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Sensorimotor

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Preoperational

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Concrete Operational

Question 5

A teacher notices a student with strong interpersonal skills but difficulty with paper-and-pencil tasks. According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, this student likely has high:

Accepted Answer

Interpersonal intelligence

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Logical-mathematical intelligence

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Linguistic intelligence

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Spatial intelligence

Question 6

Which type of assessment is used to monitor student progress during instruction and adjust teaching accordingly?

Accepted Answer

Formative assessment

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Summative assessment

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Norm-referenced assessment

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Criterion-referenced assessment

Question 7

Which learning theory emphasizes that students construct knowledge through experience and reflection rather than passive reception?

Accepted Answer

Constructivism

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Behaviorism

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Information Processing Theory

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Nativism