Imagine You Are a Teacher Who Wants Students to Use

question 13

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are a teacher who wants students to use effective information processing strategies as they study classroom subject matter. You consider what educational psychologists have learned about the effects of classroom assessment tasks on learning,and you conclude that you should:

• A)Not give paper-pencil tests at all.
• B)Ask many short questions rather than a few lengthy ones.
• C)Give assessment tasks that require meaningful understanding of the material.
• D)Assess students' rote knowledge of the material first,then ask higher-level questions about the material in a subsequent assessment.

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Definitions:

Core Job Characteristics

Key aspects of a job that significantly impact employee motivation, satisfaction, and performance, such as skill variety, task identity, and autonomy.

Critical Psychological States

Part of the Job Characteristics Model, these states are believed to be key for achieving positive outcomes in job redesign efforts, including experienced meaningfulness of the work, experienced responsibility for outcomes, and knowledge of results.

Experienced Meaningfulness

The feeling of value and purpose in one’s work, leading to increased motivation and job satisfaction.

Growth-need Strength

The degree to which an individual needs personal growth, development, and intrinsic motivation at work.