Quiz – Metacognition and the Learner

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Question 1 of 30

1. Question
1. The area in the brain that is responsible for executive functions is the:
- a. Motor cortex
- b. Pre-frontal cortex
- c. Cerebellum
- d. Temporal lobe
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2. Question
2. Executive function processes do not include:
- a. Metacognitive knowledge about tasks and strategies and the flexible use of strategies
- b. Explicit and implicit learning
- c. Fine and gross motor skills
- d. Self-regulatory processes such as planning and self-monitoring
Question 3 of 30

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3. The effect of executive function weaknesses can affect various domains of academic performance such as:
- a. Reading comprehension and written expression
- b. Completion of projects
- c. Studying and test taking
- d. All of the above-mentioned domains
Question 4 of 30

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4. The following tool is used by the Education Department to write learning outcomes and assessment criteria:
- a. Bloom’s Taxonomy
- b. Maslow’s Hierarchy
- c. Piaget’s Developmental Theory
- d. Bronfenbrenner’s Eco-Systemic Model
Question 5 of 30

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5. The correct order of thinking skills from low to high is:
- a. Remembering, applying, creating
- b. Creating, applying, remembering
- c. Applying, creating, remembering
Question 6 of 30

6. Question
6. In the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) the learner can go no further without the assistance of a:
- a. Teacher
- b. Parent
- c. More knowledgeable person
- d. Therapist
Question 7 of 30

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7. Metacognition can be defined as:
- a. The skills in selecting one’s own cognitive skills in relation to a specific task or problem
- b. The skills in applying one’s own cognitive skills in relation to a specific task or problem
- c. The skills in monitoring one’s own cognitive skills in relation to a specific task or problem
- d. The skills in selecting, applying and monitoring one’s own cognitive skills in relation to a specific task or problem
Question 8 of 30

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8. Flavel et al (1993) maintains that metacognition is:
- a. Not important for the majority of cognitive activities
- b. Important for all types of cognitive activity
- c. Only important for thinking and learning
- d. Not important at all
Question 9 of 30

9. Question
9. Thinking Maps are based on the cognitive research of:
- a. Lipkin
- b. Feuerstein
- c. Greenberg
- d. Hyerle
Question 10 of 30

10. Question
10. Brain researchers believe that:
- a. About 40% of the information received by the brain is visual and the rest is auditory
- b. Between 70% and 90% of the information received by the brain is visual
- c. At least 40% to 60% of the information received by the brain is visual
- d. Equal amounts of visual and auditory information are received by the brain
Question 11 of 30

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11. Which of the following is not applicable to Thinking Maps?
- a. They are very similar to Mind Maps
- b. They are based on 8 interdependent cognitive processes
- c. They are visual patterns and the visual form of each map follows from the cognitive function of each map
- d. They are referred to as a Common Visual Language
Question 12 of 30

12. Question
12. Identify the quality that is not part of the essential qualities of Thinking Maps:
- a. Integrative
- b. Flexible
- c. Developmental
- d. Graphically inconsistent
Question 13 of 30

13. Question
13. Every Thinking Map is linked to a specific thinking process. A Bridge Map is for:
- a. Seeing Analogies
- b. Describing
- c. Classifying
Question 14 of 30

14. Question
14. A Circle Map is for Describing
- True
- False
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15. Question
15. A Brace map is for classifying?
- True
- False
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16. Which thinking process is most applicable to a Tree Map?
- a. Comparing and contrasting
- b. Defining
- c. Classifying
- d. Sequencing
Question 17 of 30

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17. Metacognition involves knowing about thinking and how to use executive function processes to regulate thinking but also includes other aspects. Identify which statement is incorrect.
- a. Metacognition is about flexible knowledge of thinking and learning strategies
- b. Metacognition is about knowledge of personal attributes and beliefs
- c. Metacognition is about feeling good about yourself even if you do not have knowledge about strategies
- d. Metacognition is about taking charge of negative attributes and capitalizing on positive attributes
Question 18 of 30

18. Question
18. Choose the correct 2 statements:
- a. Functional Medicine does not address an isolated set of symptoms
- b. Functional medicine uses a systems-orientated approach
- c. Functional medicine does not address the underlying causes of disease
- d. Functional medicine does not engage both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership
Question 19 of 30

19. Question
19. Functional Medicine is relevant for:
- a. Physicians
- b. General practitioners
- c. All specialists
- d. All health professionals
Question 20 of 30

20. Question
20. Choose the correct statement
- a. The reticular activating system (RAS), or extrathalamic control modulatory system, is a set of connected nuclei in the brains of vertebrates that is responsible for regulating wakefulness and sleep-wake transitions.
- b. The hypothalamus is a set of connected nuclei in the brains of vertebrates that is responsible for regulating wakefulness and sleep-wake transitions.
- c. The Cerebellum is a set of connected nuclei in the brains of vertebrates that is responsible for regulating wakefulness and sleep-wake transitions.
Question 21 of 30

21. Question
21. Metacognitive strategies are mostly required by High School learners as the academic demands in Pre-Primary and Primary School do not primarily depend on metacognitive skills.
- True
- False
Question 22 of 30

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22. Which is the correct statement:
- a. Teachers and therapists provide metacognitive support when they assist learners to discover a common language for thinking and to develop metacognitive strategies and skills to bridge the gap between weak executive function skills and the academic demands.
- b. A mediational process (mediated learning experience) is not essential in order to provide metacognitive support.
- c. The intent of a mediated learning process is to assist learners to become interdependent learners
Question 23 of 30

23. Question
23. The teacher or therapist acts as a mediator between the learner and the task.
- True
- False
Question 24 of 30

24. Question
24. There are four essential criteria for mediated learning.
- a. They are intent, reciprocity, questioning and bridging.
- b. They are bridging, meaning, reciprocity and intent
- c. They are reciprocity, understanding, error and learning
Question 25 of 30

25. Question
25. Choose the correct statement:
- a. Deep level questioning is not an effective mediational technique.
- b. Deep level questioning is an effective mediational technique
- c. Rhetorical questioning is an effective mediational technique
Question 26 of 30

26. Question
26. The Cognitive Enrichment Advantage (CEA), developed by Prof Katherine Greenberg, can be used to develop a common language for thinking in learners.
- True
- False
Question 27 of 30

27. Question
27. Choose two Metacogitive techniques below:
- a. The Bridge of Learning
- b. The Control car
- c. The Open door
Question 28 of 30

28. Question
28. The Reticular Activating System (RAS) acts as a filter (gatekeeper) against all the ‘data’ that is around us.
- True
- False
Question 29 of 30

29. Question
29. The listening strategy involves
- a. Listen actively with eyes
- b. Listening actively with ears
- c. Listening actively with body
- d. Listening actively with hands
- e. All of the above
Question 30 of 30

30. Question
30. Choose the correct statement:
- a. The part of the brain that is linked with the ‘fight and flight’ response is the amygdala (lizard brain). It is possible to teach children strategies to manage their lizard brain and to become more relaxed.
- b. The part of the brain that is linked with the ‘fight and flight’ response is the Lateral Ventricles (lizard brain). It is possible to teach children strategies to manage their lizard brain and to become more relaxed.
- c. The part of the brain that is linked with the ‘fight and flight’ response is the Basal Ganglia (lizard brain). It is possible to teach children strategies to manage their lizard brain and to become more relaxed.

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