NPTEL NBA Accreditation and Teaching-Learning in Engineering (NATE) Assignment 8

Assignment 8

Quiz 8

1 point

Learning requires active manipulation of the material to be learned and cannot occur passively. This is the principal tenet of

 Behaviorism

 Constructivism

 Structuralism

 Humanism

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Constructivism

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“Learning Goals” are part of

 Conditions characterizing the instructional situation

 Values characterizing the instructional situation

 Learning approach

 None of these

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Values characterizing the instructional situation

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Course Contents is part of

 Values of the Instruction Context

 Conditions of the instruction context

 Both values and conditions of the instruction context

 Neither values nor conditions of the instruction context

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Conditions of the instruction context

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Students learn better when

 They are encouraged to raise questions

 They are not ridiculed if they make mistakes

 They find the learning environment to be emotionally supportive

 All of these

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All of these

1 point

Neuroplasticity means

 Brain can multitask

 Learning is not affected by emotion

 Brain continually reorganizes itself based on inputs

 All of these

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Brain continually reorganizes itself based on inputs

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The most important role in responding to emotions, particularly fear, is played by

 Amygdala 

 Prefrontal cortex

 Occipital lobe

 None of these

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Amygdala 

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In the information processing model of the brain

 Information from the senses passes directly to short-term memory

 Information from the senses passes directly to long-term memory

 Information from the senses passes to short-term memory after sensory filtering

 None of these are true

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Information from the senses passes to short-term memory after sensory filtering

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The part of the brain that plays the role of executive control center is

 Limbic system

 Prefrontal cortex

 Amygdala

 Cerebellum

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Prefrontal cortex

1 point

With reference to notes made by the students and notes provided by the instructor, which of the following holds most often?

 Both notes made by the students and notes provided by the instructor are equally effective

 Notes made by students are less effective than notes provided by instructor

 Notes made by students are more effective than notes provided by instructor

 Neither notes made by the students nor notes provided by the instructor are effective

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Notes made by students are more effective than notes provided by instructor

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Learning from a task-centered instructional strategy is enhanced when learners undertake whole tasks

 In a simple-to-complex progression

 In a complex-to-simple progression

 Which are always complex

 Which are always simple

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Accepted Answers:

In a simple-to-complex progression