Instructions

This quiz contains T/F and MULTIPLE CHOICE questions. Where possible, the source and/or author(s) are listed and can be found in this tutorial either on the Purpose, Key Concepts and/or Readings pages. 

The ANSWER KEY is at the bottom of this quiz.

True/False

____1.Student-centered instruction is a pedagogical approach to teaching in which active learning techniques are substituted for more traditional teaching approaches.

____2. Felder and Brent (1996) suggest that resistance from students to the student-centered, collaborative learning and active learning strategies is a natural part of the student’s journey from dependence to intellectual autonomy. 

____3. Gurin, Dey, Hurtado and Gurin (2002) in their research found that informal interaction among different racial and ethnic groups during college years had no impact on educational outcomes for students or civic engagement for students. 

____4 Campus diversity creates conditions, such as disequilibria and differing perspectives, that promote learning and more complex thinking, according to Hurtado (2004, powerpoint).

____5.According to Hurtado (2004, powerpoint), negative interactions with diverse peers did not lower scores on critical thinking for students.

Multiple Choice

____6.Which of the following had positive effects (Hurtado, 2004, powerpoint) as a predictor of the importance students place on taking action for social justice?

1. Gender
2. Race
3. Academic self confidence
4. Involvement with political activities
5. Positive quality of interaction with diverse peers
6. All of the above

____7. Which of the following is not a part of the definition for diversity proposed by Gurin, Dey, Hurtado, and Gurin (2002)?

1. Institutional racism
2. Structural diversity
3. Classroom diversity
4. Informal interaction diversity

____8. Which of the following is not a pedagogical strategy for developing interaction with diverse peers according to Steimer-Baily and Milne (2004, powerpoint)?

1. Interaction with diverse peers
2. Discussion of content from diverse perspectives
3. Application of knowledge in diverse contexts
4. Critical analysis of history or background knowledge from diverse perspectives.
5. Assessment through formal exams.

____9. Active learning is, according to Bronwell and Eison (MnScu CTL website)

1. Learning in which the professor is the repository for knowledge and transfers his/her knowledge through formal lectures, exams and term papers to students.
2. “anything that involves students doing something and thinking about what they are doing” inside and outside the classroom.

____10. K. McKinney (2004) also suggests that teachers who are integrating active learning strategies should expect resistance and recommends which of the following activities to prepare students for participation in active learning?

1. Explain your objectives and the benefits of the active learning techniques explicitly to students.
2. Expect both successes and failures as you try active learning techniques.
3. Solicit feedback on the activity afterwards from the students to improve it in the future
4. All of the above.

Answer Key

1          True

2          True

3          False

4          True

5          False

6          F

7          A

8          E

9          B

10        D

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