Three of the following students are showing signs of self-regulated learning. Which student does not show any evidence of self-regulated learning?
a. Adam beams with pleasure when his teacher praises his English essay, because her opinion of his work is very important to him.
b. Blake knows that, for purposes of college admission, his performance in math class is more important than his performance in his drama class, so he works harder in the first class than in the second.
c. As Craig studies his German vocabulary words, he occasionally stops to check himself to see which words he needs to study further.
d. Drew thinks to himself, Tonight I'll skim the reading assignment in history just to get a general idea of what the chapter's all about. Tomorrow I'll read it again in more depth.
Question 2
Which one of the following teachers is definitely keeping in mind Piaget's idea that assimilation and accommodation are both necessary for learning and cognitive development to occur?
a. Mr. Ames presents brand new topics every day, expecting the continual novelty to keep students interested and motivated.
b. Mr. Baretta shows students how a new topic is similar to the things they already know, but also different in certain ways.
c. Ms. Chang makes sure that students have learned one topic very, very well before moving on to another.
d. Ms. Doherty uses a lot of drill and practice exercises, encouraging students to work faster every time.