- According to research, how much of the content in social studies is textbook-driven?
Your answer:
around 10 percent
approximately half
roughly two-thirds
as much as 95 percent
- Content reading strategies are only useful with printed text.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- Which of the following relates to student independence and self-monitoring of one's own learning processes?
Your answer:
background or prior knowledge
active learning
passive learning
metacognition
- If I'm about to start a unit on Native American and federal government relations, why would I ask students to think about times someone has broken a promise to them?
Your answer:
to activate background knowledge
to set a purpose for the lesson
to be certain they are actively reading
because I didn't have enough time to prepare my lesson
- Which of the following social studies skills is most closely related to library and research skills?
Your answer:
acquiring information
decision-making
interpersonal skills
using information
- Having students engage in a debate on affirmative action after they've researched the topic would allow them to demonstrate which of the following social studies skills?
Your answer:
acquiring information
decision-making
organizing information
interpersonal relationships and social interaction
- Social studies teachers should not be asked to teach reading and comprehension skills.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- In social studies, students should not be expected to comprehend their material.
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- I know the steps needed for using a strategy as part of a lesson. What kind of strategy knowledge would this be an example of?
Your answer:
declarative
procedural
conditional
- If I am waiting to choose a strategy to use in my class until I'm certain what educational outcomes I have in mind, which type of strategy knowledge am I invoking?
Your answer:
declarative
procedural
conditional