CHAPTER ONE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING LEARNING AND TEACHING Expert Teaching and Student Learning Knowledge-Level Items 1. Of the following factors, which contributes most to students’ learning and development? a. The curriculum that students follow b. The size of the classes students are in c. The students’ school facilities and extracurricular activities d. The students’ teachers 2. A person who is highly knowledgeable or skilled in a particular domain, such as physics, anesthesiology, or teaching is best describes as a(n): a. professional. b. expert. c. scholar. d. technician. 3. People’s professional knowledge and skills, social abilities, and personality attributes that contribute to a nation’s cultural and economic advancement, best describes: a. effective teaching. b. expert teaching. c. human capital. d. human learning. 4. Which of the following best describes expert teaching? a. Some people are natural teachers, and others are not. It is very difficult to acquire the skills needed to be an expert teacher without a great deal of natural ability. b. Some teachers possess more natural ability than others, but expertise can be acquired through study and practice. c. Expertise in teaching is acquired largely through experience in classrooms. d. Expert teaching in elementary schools is acquired through study and practice, but expert teaching in middle and secondary schools largely depends on teachers’ knowledge of content.