Context and Integration for Non-traditional Learners in "2nd Chance" Programs

        PASS SCORE: 70%


        TRUE OR FALSE?

        Question 1:  Traditional education typically requires memorization and other forms of rote learning.

        True
        False

        Question 2:  The studies of learning theorist David Kolb indicate that most but not all learners learn best in an abstract manner.

        True
        False

        Question 3: 2nd chance programs are likely to contain a large percentage of non-traditional learners.

        True
        False

        Question 4: Traditional education typically integrates the subjects of math, science, and language into real-world projects.

        True
        False

        Question 5: Contextual learning and efforts to provide meaningfulness to subject matter are new phenomena of the 21rst century.

        True
        False

        Question 6: "Project-based learning" and "applied academics" are forms of contextual education.

        True
        False

        MULTIPLE CHOICE:

        Question 7: The interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs is called:

        Integration
        Experience
        Context

        Question 8: A contextual approach to teaching and learning seeks to connect subject matter to:

        Real-world applications
        Existing frames of reference in the learneršs mind
        Both A and B

        Question 9: Connecting subject matter to ideas and concepts already familiar to students is an example of:

        Integration
        2nd chance programming
        Internal context

        Question 10: Connecting subject matter to how it is used in the workplace is an example of:

        Information Transfer
        External Context
        Integration

        Question 11: Linking several components or objectives of a lesson plan or curriculum is known as:

        Curriculum Linkage
        Integration
        Real-world learning

        Question 12: Showing video clips of workers in various industries using information that students are learning in the classroom is an example of:

        External Context
        Traditional Education
        2nd chance programming

        Question 13: Showing video clips of workers in various industries using information that students are learning in the classroom is an example of:

        Providing context
        Failing to provide external context
        Integrating the menu commands

        Question 14: Students will better understand computer task commands when there is a ______ to perform the tasks to achieve desired goals.

        Teacher
        Need
        An assignment

        Question 15: An increase in the use of context and integration in 2nd chance programs is likely to ______ the effectiveness of the program for non-traditional learners.

        Mask
        Decrease
        Increase

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