Chapter 10: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

Chapter 10: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. A nurse educator recognizes that presenting course content in a logical progression from simple concepts to more complex ones is a characteristic of __________ theories.

a.	behaviorist
b.	change
c.	cognitive
d.	humanistic

 

 

ANS:  A

Behaviorist theories emphasize learning concepts from simple to complex with minimal learner participation in the learning activity.

Change theories posit that learning occurs in ways that are congruent with an individual’s value systems.

Cognitive theories state that learners link new knowledge to meaningful knowledge they already possess.

Humanistic theories allow learners to set their own goals.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember            REF:   189

TOP:   Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning

MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

2. A diabetic nurse educator teaches according to the principles of the cone of experience theory. Which activity planned by this nurse would best demonstrate the concepts in the theory when teaching a patient with diabetes to self-administer insulin injections?

a.	Demonstrate and then allow plenty of practice and return demonstrations.
b.	Find out the client’s motivating factors and design rewards that fit these motivators.
c.	Identify the learning styles of individual clients and tailor teaching to his or her style.
d.	Use teaching styles that stimulate all five senses, limiting environmental distractions.

 

 

ANS:  A

Edgar Dale’s cone of experience theory says that skills are best learned with an initial demonstration followed by lots of practice time and the opportunity for repeat demonstrations.

Finding out the client’s motivating factors and designing rewards that fit these motivators would reflect concepts of change theory.

Identify the learning styles of individual clients and tailoring teaching to his or her style would reflect concepts found in cognitive theories.

Using teaching styles that stimulate all five senses and limiting environmental distractions would reflect the concepts in cognitive theory.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Apply                   TOP:   Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning

MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

3. A nursing dean is telling an applicant for a nursing faculty position that the school uses “learning-centered education” in which students are responsible for active learning and faculty members serve as guides. The potential faculty member labels the style of teaching at this college as based on __________ theories.

a.	behaviorist
b.	change
c.	cognitive
d.	humanistic

 

 

ANS:  C

Cognitive theories detail active engagement in learning while designing activities that link new knowledge to old. A learning-centered environment would fit this description.

Behaviorist theory includes presenting material from simple to complex with minimal learner engagement. This would be best observed in lectures.

Change theories are most often used in patient teaching and include assessing readiness to learn and recognizing that changes must be congruent with the patient’s values.

Humanistic theory would encourage students to set their own goals for the learning experience.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember            REF:   189

TOP:   Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning

MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

4. A faculty member is preparing a class that covers very sophisticated and difficult material. This faculty member uses the cognitive learning theories predominantly. To use cognitive theory to teach this material, the faculty member would most likely

a.	assess students’ knowledge first because they may need to “unlearn” other material.
b.	assign a case study that requires group collaboration and problem solving.
c.	prepare a detailed lecture complete with informative slides and handouts.
d.	require students to read heavily on their own and give minimal information.

 

 

ANS:  B

Active learning, including having to actively seek information and collaborating with others, is consistent with cognitive learning theories.

Having students “unlearn” old knowledge would be consistent with behaviorist theories.

Detailed lectures and handouts are most consistently aligned with behaviorist theory.

Having students do heavy reading on their own might be part of a cognitive theory-based class, but there is not enough detail about the learning process to make this answer correct.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Apply                   TOP:   Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning

MSC:   NCLEX Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance