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TEST BANK
Chapter Four: Designing Digital Learning Environments
Multiple Choice Questions.
1) Mr. Fick is reviewing for an upcoming test with his 7th grade history class. The class uses
clickers to select their answers from choices projected on the whiteboard, and then Mr. Fick
provides feedback to the class based on the responses. Which instructional strategy is Mr. Fick
using?
A) Drill-and-practice
B) Presentations
C) Discussion
D) Tutorial
2) Technology and media are implemented during which step of the ASSURE model?
A) Select strategies and resources.
B) Utilize resources.
C) Require learner participation.
D) Evaluate and revise.
3) What is a disadvantage to using presentations as a learning strategy?
A) Present once
B) Difficult for some students
C) Information sources
D) Note-taking strategies can be used
4) Which learning strategy allows students to refresh or increase fluency in their content
knowledge?
A) Discussion
B) Cooperative learning
C) Drill-and-practice
D) Simulation
5) Which of the following conditions needs to be present for successful cooperative learning
groups?
A) Members should view their role as part of a whole team
B) Low structure and low accountability
C) Members focus on personal goals over the team’s goals
D) Tutorials
6) Mrs. Jones, a middle school teacher, prepares a short video from YouTube. The video shows,
step-by-step, how to make a pin-hole camera from a juice box. After viewing the video, students
will make their own pin-hole cameras. When Mrs. Jones shows the video to her class, she will be
integrating technology using which learning strategy?
A) Demonstration
B) Simulation
C) Tutorial
D) Discovery
7) ________ provide a competitive environment in which learners follow rules and use problem
solving skills in order to meet a goal and master content.
A) Discussions
B) Games
C) Cooperative Learning
D) Tutorials
8) Advantages of using ________ are that students can work independently, individually, and at
their own pace.
A) Presentations
B) Demonstrations
C) Tutorials
D) Discussions
9) Today, Mrs. Hudson is teaching a 5th grade science lesson. First, she shows a streaming video
from the NASA website. While watching the video, the students complete a note-taking
worksheet about eclipses. After the video, Mrs. Hudson describes the process of a lunar eclipse
while pointing to a curriculum poster as a visual aid. Which learning strategy did Mrs. Hudson
use?
A) Presentation
B) Problem-Based learning
C) Discussion
D) Tutorial
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10) ________ is a learning strategy that involves the exchange of thoughts and opinions among a
group of students or students and their teacher.
A) Games
B) Discussion
C) Demonstration
D) Tutorial
11) Students watching a skill or procedure before they are expected to perform the same skill or
procedure are viewing a
A) Discussion.
B) Presentation.
C) Demonstration.
D) Drill-and-practice.
12) The ________ learning strategy involves learners working one-on-one with a teacher,
computer software, or other special materials. In this strategy, new information is presented, the
learner responds, is provided feedback and practice until the learner demonstrates a
predetermined level of competency.
A) Simulation
B) Cooperative learning
C) Discovery
D) Tutorial
13) Engaging activities, use in varied settings, attention grabbers, and free online versions are
advantages of ________. Limitations include the focus on competition, difficulty, and expense.
A) Simulations
B) Presentations
C) Games
D) Problem-Based Learning
14) Which of the following learning strategies is NOT a good way to introduce new material?
A) Discussions
B) Presentations
C) Tutorials
D) Drill-and-practice
15) Mr. Coulter fills a vase with water and places a white flower inside. Then, he uses the
following questions as writing prompts. What does the flower do with the water? How does it
work? What happens when the flower has no water? Next, Mr. Coulter gives students three clear
cups, water, celery stalks, scissors, and food coloring. He tells students to devise three
experiments that will yield important information about water and plant life. He asks his students
to write down their thoughts before, during and after the experiments. What learning strategy is
being used in this lesson?
A) Games
B) Simulation
C) Discovery
D) Discussion
16) ________ allow learners to tackle a scaled-down version of a real-world problem.
A) Discussions
B) Games
C) Simulations
D) Presentations
17) A grouping strategy in which students work together to assist each other’s learning.
A) Simulation
B) Cooperative learning
C) Games
D) Discussion
18) Which of the following is NOT a presentation strategy?
A) Lecture
B) Reading
C) Watching video
D) Simulation
19) Mrs. Jamieson is using a pepperoni pizza to teach her 2nd grade students about fractions. She
begins the lesson with a whole pizza. She cuts it in half and shows the class how two halves
make a whole. Mrs. Jamieson continues to cut the pizza into equal parts while she explains how
each piece of the pizza is a fraction of the whole. After she is finished, Mrs. Jamieson plans to
have the students cut individual paper pizzas into fractions. Which learning strategy has Mrs.
Jamieson used to teach her students about fractions?
A) Discovery
B) Demonstration
C) Educational Game
D) Cooperative Learning
20) After the BP Oil Spill, Ms. Culligan engages her students in a discussion about short-term
and long-term environmental effects of the disaster. The class brainstorms and researches ideas
for cleaning the oil, stopping the leak, and protecting wildlife. A real-world situation has
provided the starting point for learning. The students are also engaged in finding answers to a
real-world environmental issue. What learning strategy is Ms. Culligan using?
A) Problem-Based Learning
B) Games
C) Simulation
D) Discovery
21) Mrs. Charvella divided her 8th grade class into five groups. After a brief presentation about
the weather cycle, the groups conducted research using a list of teacher-selected Internet sites.
Afterward, groups were instructed to produce an artifact that could teach a new student about
weather. One group produced a podcast, another group created a short weather commercial, the
third and fourth groups produced digital posters, and the fifth group recorded a skit in which the
main character was a drop of water. In Mrs. Charvella’s class, technology integration facilitated
media production and incorporated which type of learning strategy?
A) Drill-and-practice
B) Tutorial
C) Discussion
D) Cooperative Learning
22) What type of instruction occurs when the teacher and students are in the same room?
A) Independent Study
B) Distance Learning
C) Face-to-Face Instruction
D) Blended Instruction
23) What type of instruction permits students to be in one location while classmates and the
teacher are at other locations?
A) Blended Instruction
B) Informal Study
C) Independent Study
D) Distance Learning
24) What learning environment includes synchronous and asynchronous contexts?
A) Face-to-Face Instruction
B) Distance Learning
C) Informal Study
D) Blended Instruction
25) Reptiles fascinate Daveon. He spends many afternoons reading about reptiles in the school’s
library and on his home computer. On a recent field trip, Daveon kept the zookeeper busy with
questions about the feeding habits of various species. What context best describes Daveon’s
learning?
A) Informal Study
B) Independent Study
C) Blended Instruction
D) Distance Learning
Short-Answer and Essay Questions.
26) Mrs. Callahan will be teaching 1st grade students about the life cycle of a butterfly. Describe
a lesson in which she could integrate technology and use two learning strategies.
27) What are the advantages and limitations of discussion as a learning strategy?
28) How might a teacher use technology to support discussion?
29) Discuss advantages and limitations of simulation as a learning strategy.
30) Drill-and-practice can be an effective learning strategy to improve fluency or refresh prior
learning. What are some disadvantages of using drill-and-practice?
31) Why is it important to understand the different learning contexts? Describe a situation where
you may use one or more of the face-to-face learning contexts in your future classroom.
32) Describe at least three advantages and two limitations of integrating free and inexpensive
materials into instruction.
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30. Drill and practice is repetitive and can be monotonous or boring for some students. Drill–
and-practice is also non-adaptive; it does not help students who continue to make repeated
errors.
31. Answers will vary. As a teacher, it is important to understand all of the different learning
contexts for your learners. By understanding face-to-face, blended instruction, and virtual
learning contexts, you can determine what is best for your learners for each unit.
In a face-to-face setting, multiple learning context may be utilized within a single unit. For
example, in one unit, I may use the “Before Instruction” strategy to share content with
learners in the flipped classroom model. Then in class, I could have learning centers where
learners work collaboratively to solve problems based on the “before instruction” content.
This would allow me, as the teacher, time to work with each small group and assist if anyone
was struggling.
32. Answers will vary and should generally include the following: Many types of free and
inexpensive materials can be found online or direct from the supplier. Open source software,
videos, images, content, collaboration, and production tools are all available on the Internet.
Advantages of free and inexpensive educational materials include up-to-date content, in-depth
content, variety of uses, and student manipulation. Limitations are such that these materials may
include bias or advertising, promote special interests, and may only be available in limited
quantities.