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WGU C272 Post Assessment 2023 Questions and Answers Verified 1.Behaviorist Believed students could be successfully trained and conditioned to
learn just about anything a teacher desired: BF Skinner
2.theory: social development
theory Late 1800s Social interaction among children plays a major role in cognitive
develop- ment: Lev Vygotsky
3.Believes children must master specific developmental tasks to
develop normally: Robert Havighurst
4.theory: cognitive development
Four stage theory of cognitive development:
1.sensorimotor 2.preoperational 3.concrete operational
4.formal operational: Jean Piaget 1 / 4
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5.Believes children encounter a series of developmental stages as
they mature: Jerome Bruner
6.Author or Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. He believes that one can PREDICT LEARNING OUTCOMES by assessing three factors 1.cognitive entry behaviors 2.students interest in learning
3.quality of instruction: Benjamin Bloom
7.former slave. believed if he devoted all his efforts to improving vocational education, he could greatly improve the plight of african
americans: Fredrick Douglass
8.Born into slavery. founded tuskagee normal and industrial institute.early african american educator who contributed immensely to the development of education in USA. Helped african americans gain
educations: Booker T Washington
9.Developed theory and methods for educating young children.Focused on independent work by children under the guidance of a
teacher: Maria Montessori 2 / 4
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10.Superintendent of Chicago public Schools in 1909. Was the first
female president of the National Education Association.: Ella Flagg
Young 11.He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by doing" which formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal 3 / 4
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should be "education for life and that the workbench is just as important
as the blackboard.": John Dewey
12.explain the education system in the northern colonies.: MA,CT and NH
created schools so children could read and write to learn scriptures, lest they be ignorant of the laws of God
13.explain how horace mann was important to education: Horace Mann
fought for establishing a universal system of public eduction instead of who could afford it and who could not system of the day. Henry Barnard of Connecticut wanted to see school funded by the gov. and available to all children
14.explain the impact of the old deluder satan act law: MA colony 1642 all
children learn to read to ensure that they were not deluded by Satan and thus fail to learn the Bible. That way they would not be swayed by inappropriate paths of behavior. Religion was a main reason for education as was understanding colony law. This law required that every town with 50 more families had to employ a teacher.
15.student centered philosophies:
-truth and goodness belong to all persons -teacher as learner, learner as teacher
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