1. Which of the following is the best example of critical thinking?

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Chapter: Chapter 1: Introducing Educational Psychology and Reflective Practice

Multiple Choice

• Which of the following is the best example of critical thinking?
• Maria is working to develop her ability do integrations in her calculus class.
• Marvin is wondering whether his painting will impress his art teacher.
• Martin is questioning whether the information he got on the Internet is accurate.
• Morgan is re-reading Silas Marner so that she will get a good grade on the essay

exam.

Ans: C

Difficulty: Easy

Section Ref: Educational Psychology

Type: Conceptual

• Which of the following is the best description of educational psychology?
• A field of scientific study
• The application of psychological principals to learning
• A sub-specialty of educational philosophy
• Experimental research in education

Ans: A

Difficulty: Easy

Section Ref: Educational Psychology

Type: Factual

(Educational Psychology Reflection for Action 3e Angela O'Donnell, Johnmarshall Reeve, Jeffrey Smith) (Test Bank all Chapters) 1 / 4

• Which of the following statements presents the best example of learning?
• Gloria can walk a balance beam better than anybody else in her school.
• Mary pays very close attention to the teacher demonstrating how to use a jigsaw.
• Shane's father showed him how to put a knot in a necktie, which he can now do by

himself.

• Mr. Yates worked hard on his lecture on the solar system, because he knew past

groups of students had trouble with the concept.

Ans: C

Difficulty: Medium

Section Ref: Educational Psychology

Type: Conceptual

• Which of the following activities that Justine has done over the past week is a good

example of reflective thinking?

• She doubles the recipe for the cake she is making because she has a big crowd

coming over.

• She reads about a new approach to teaching that seems to be very good and wonders

if the article is objective.

• She calls her mother to discuss whether she should take the new job she’s been

offered.

• She carefully edits the email she is sending out to the staff to make sure the grammar

is correct.

Ans: B

Difficulty: Medium

Section Ref: Educational Psychology

Type: Conceptual

• Which of the following is the best statement of the goal of reflective teaching?
• To constantly question what you are doing as a teacher.
• To return to methods of teaching that you know work for you.
• To ask why children are not learning more than they are.
• To generate a new, more productive approach to teaching.

Ans: D

Difficulty: Medium

Section Ref: Educational Psychology

Type: Factual 2 / 4

• You go over the work that your students have handed in on a recent assignment, and

you are dismayed to discover that although half of them did quite well, half did not seem to have any idea what the assignment was about. What would be a reflective thinking approach to addressing your concern?

• Walk back through the assignment, and through the teaching related to it, and look for

areas where they might have been problems.

• Call in the half of the students who didn’t perform well and ask them why they are

having difficulty.

• Inform the half that performed well that they can erase their bad mark if they can

correct what they’ve done wrong on their own.

• Ask a fellow teacher if she has had problems like this one and what she did about it.

Ans: A

Difficulty: Hard

Section Re: Educational Psychology

Type: Conceptual

• Which of the following is the best example of a theoretical argument?

• John doesn’t like to work with others, and often becomes disruptive when working in

a group.

• The scores on the SAT have fallen slightly over the past five years, which followed a

fifteen year rise.

• When the stakes of a test are very high, students become anxious, and as a result,

perform less well than they would otherwise.

• No one knew if the reason for the increase in absenteeism was because of the new

principal or just a random occurrence.

Ans: C

Difficulty: Medium

Section Ref: Theories and Research

Type: Conceptual

• Why is it important to narrow the gap between theory and practice in educational

psychology? 3 / 4

• So that researchers can understand the problems of teachers and teachers can

understand the work of researchers.

• So that research funding will be used most effectively.
• So that teachers can build their confidence that the teaching they are engaged in

represents best practice in the field.

• So that theories will become more readily testable.

Ans: A

Difficulty: Easy

Section Ref: Theories and Research

Type: Conceptual

• Which of the following is an example of intervention research?

• One group of students receives a new program of instruction on a topic while a

second group receives the traditional approach to instruction.

• Children who have been identified as having specific needs are given a special

program to try to overcome their problem.

• Teachers are sent for training for a specific program, and then, when they return to

school, they train other teachers in the program.

• Students design their own instructional program for a particular unit and teach one

another in small teams.

Ans: A

Difficulty: Medium

Section Ref: Theories and Research

Type: Conceptual

• What is the primary goal of descriptive research?

• Identify a relationship between two variables
• Produce a positive change in a group of children
• Describe some naturally occurring phenomenon
• Document a cause and effect relationship

Ans: C

Difficulty: Easy

Section Ref: Theories and Research

Type: Factual

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