A Learning Paradigm for the Digital Age

By The Sapio Institute


Take the Quiz:


1. According to constructivism, learning occurs because personal knowledge is constructed by an active and self-regulated learner who resolves conflicts between ideas and reflects on theoretical explanations.

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2. One of the key benefits of behaviorism is its ability to deal effectively with complex types of problems and to raise our thinking to the level at which we create the results we want.

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3. Findings from 20 studies on the effects of teaching students meta-cognitive skills show that computer-assisted instruction is positively related to intellectual growth and achievement gains.

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4. When advanced knowledge acquisition occurs, a linear approach is mandated to accommodate for the ill-structured domain in which the learning occurs.

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5. By and large the impact of computers on education has been minimal. Some of the major reasons for this have been limited computational power and limited models of learning and teaching.

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6. The rapid change in knowledge environments means that firms should take considerable time in mapping or modeling a particular knowledge environment.

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7. In the knowledge society, it is the individual who performs not the team and the organization.

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8. The new "basic skills" of the digital age fall into three domains: managing work, managing oneself, and working with others.

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9. It is possible to have a game and a drill and practice program that contain the same content, but which have a different end result.

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10. It is argued that we should take the tools away from the instructional designers and give them to the teachers, as tools for knowledge construction rather than media of conveyance and knowledge acquisition.

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