TEST BANK for Lever-Duffy & McDonald Teaching and Learning with Technology 3rd Ed by Al P. Mizell

Chapter 1 Theoretical Foundations
True/False Questions
1) The national expectation for teachers in the use of technology appears to be a recognition that
teachers arenʹt media experts, so lessons involving the use of technology should allow the
educational technology specialists to coordinate this use.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 2 & 6
2) A broad definition of learning is a transfer of knowledge that can be ensured only when all
components of the process have been incorporated into the learning event.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 10
3) Technology is considered to be a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 11
4) An example of a psychological barrier to effective communications is the failure of the teacher
to provide for individual learning styles.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 14
5) Instructional messages sent out by the teacher may be distorted by the belief system held by
the student. This would be an example of a personal filter barrier to effective communication.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 14
6) There are several theories of learning described in the literature. You should select the correct
one because use of the wrong theories may seriously interfere with your studentsʹ learning
opportunities.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 18
7) The way people think is referred to as their cognitive style.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 20
8) Although oneʹs preferred thinking style canʹt be measured, we know from a personʹs
socioeconomic status what his or her style is probably going to be.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 20
9) Gardnerʹs theory of multiple intelligences relies on the innate differences in the races to help
identify the learning styles for students.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 24
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10) The term educational technology basically refers to audiovisual equipment and its use in
education today.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 30-31
11) Thomas Edison predicted that the movie projector would replace teachers.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 29
12) Any prediction that a new technology will replace teachers is generally considered to be
unrealistic.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 29
13) Skinnerʹs behaviorist theory led to the development of programmed instructional learning
materials in the 1950s-1960s.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 31
14) Jean Piaget, one of the early constructivists, identified key developmental stages that affect
learning.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 17 & 19
15) Environmental factors, psychological factors, and personal filters can impede learning.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 13-14
16) Cognitive styles refer to the individualʹs tendencies and preferences in relation to thinking.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 20
17) Multiple intelligences can best be measured by the Stanford-Binet IQ test.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 24
18) NETS standards define how networking should be used in schools and across districts.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 6
19) B. F. Skinner is one of the key cognitivists to suggest that learning styles are critical factors in
explaining learning.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 15
20) In a systems view of teaching, learning, and technology, the interrelationship of all three is
considered as a holistic process in which all variables are considered in relation to each
component and the whole.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 26-27
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21) The learning environment refers to all of the elements that make up the design and
implementation of instruction.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 18
22) Current computer-assisted instructional software is an outgrowth of behaviorist programmed
instructions popular in the 1960s.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 31
23) Learning styles are a collection of preferences related to how one learns.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 22
24) When examining teaching and learning as communication, one must consider the personal
filters that can act as barriers to effective and accurate communication.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 14
25) The introduction of television into schools revolutionized education and the way that teaching
and learning occur today.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 30
26) Teaching is a systematic, planned sequence of events that facilitates the communication of an
idea, concept, or skill to a learner.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 25
27) When a teacher concentrates on perfecting the style of teaching that fits closest with his or her
own learning styles, some students with different learning styles may suffer.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 26
28) Because technology supports teaching and learning, it is important to select your technology in
the early stages of holistic planning.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 27
29) Media refers to different means of communication.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 5
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Multiple Choice Questions
1) The definition of educational technology as ʺthe theory and practice of design, development,
utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning,ʺ was
developed by
A) AECT.
B) ISPI.
C) ISTE.
D) NETS·T.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 5
2) You have a student who does his homework accurately and on time. When you return it, you
orally commend him and smile. This is an example of
A) trial and error.
B) connectionism.
C) classical conditioning.
D) behaviorism.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 15
3) In the communication process, which of the following is NOT one of the three major variables
that can interfere with the communication of ideas?
A) physical factors
B) environmental factors
C) psychological factors
D) personal filters
Answer: A
Page Ref: 13-14
4) A student who just experienced a traumatic event in the hallway is likely to have what type of
interference with effective communication in the classroom?
A) physical factors
B) environmental factors
C) psychological factors
D) personal filters
Answer: C
Page Ref: 14
5) Those who see learning as a response to outside stimuli fall into which theoretical camp?
A) cognitivists
B) behaviorists
C) cognitive constructivists
D) social constructivists
Answer: B
Page Ref: 15
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6) If you follow parts of each theory as they fit with your learning objective, then you might be
called
A) a behaviorist.
B) a cognitivist.
C) a social constructivist.
D) an eclectic instructor.
Answer: D