The best way to measure motivation
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1- Why is background knowledge important in learning?
It is important because it helps (you) to comprehend new tasks and ideas for the new knowledgeHow? connecting old & new information using retrieval.
2- Express the process of assimilation and give an example. (Piaget's Cognitive Constructivism)
Assimilation is the way by which INCOMING info is modified in our minds, so we can understand it.
E.G. a) Student knows "will" is future ("She will play soccer") - here, the student needs to accomodate becauuse "may" is a possibility and "will" was certainty.
b) Once he/she has understood both (may & will), equilibration has taken place.
3- Explain what is ZPD (Vigotsky's Social Constructivism)
The distance between actual developmental level and Potential developmental level
Actual developmental level | <------------------->-------------------> | Potential developmental level |
| (What a person already knows) | ZPD | (What a person can do/learn with guidance) |
4- What is scaffolding and how it is implemented?
Scaffolding is the support/guidance/assistance given to a learner during the period of learning until he/she can do a task on their own.
By using scaffolding, the teacher:
1) Maintain student's interest.
2) Encourages learners to communicate
3) Promotes activities in which all learners are encouraged to participate.
5- What is (describe it)
BEHAVIORISM (praisals & punisments) (motivation)
The behavior of human & animals based on pleasurable or painful consequences obtained from experiences and people.
COGNITIVISM (memorization)
How information is received, organized, stored and retrieved by the mind, through the process of retain and recall