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Page PAGE7 Page PAGE1 PC 70 – Educational Psychology Review questions for exam 3. This list is not exhaustive. Students can be tested on anything that was discussed in class and from the textbook. 1.All of the following questions reflect a cognitive information processing approach, except which one? A)How do children get information into memory, store it, and retrieve it? B)How can teachers help children improve their memory and study strategies? C)How do genetic factors influence the age at which a child learns to walk? D)What are the best strategies for helping children become better problem solvers?  2.Metacognitive strategies are best described as methods to encourage students to: A)Know about knowing. B)Read more effectively. C)Become better listeners. D)Feel more comfortable working with others.  3.What is an advantage of knowing some skills to a level of automaticity? A)Lessens the cognitive processing that is required for a task involving those skills. B)Facilitates the development of schemas and scripts for those skills. C)Facilitates the meaningful learning of those skills. D)Increases the cognitive processing that is required for a task involving those skills.  4.Which of the following is not a teaching strategy for helping students pay attention? A)Encourage students to pay close attention and minimize distractions B)Use cues or gestures to signal something is important C)Help students generate their own cue D)Do not use instructional comments  5.All of the following strategies help children pay attention except which one? A)Minimize distraction. B)Use cues to signal that something is important. C)Use media and technology to vary the pace of the classroom. D)Present students with lots of information at a time.  6.Chunking is a beneficial strategy for improving memory that involves A)Processing information and providing examples. B)Relating new information to personal