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Note that there may be more than one correct response for this question:
According to the book research has clearly demonstrated that there is a direct, positive correlation between story and:
| in fact both long term and short term memory are affected | |
Notice how long the list is! Ever wonder why we don't use story more often in instructional design?
In the book an encyclopedia entry is most likely to be a non-example of a story... why do you think that is?
Think about your response then click the submit button to compare your answer to the book's premise.
While an encyclopedia entry could be in the form of a story, it is more like what we would call
a catalog.. something that is of interest and who's premise is joined at the center... but most
often such entries lack one or more of the essential elements of a story, namely a cause and effect
or a judgment
According to the book, the author reviewed more than 350 studies from 15 different fields of study and not one of them indicated that stories were anything but an effective tool to teaching, motivating and for general communicating of factual information. what surprises you the most about this factoid?
Think about this for a while then check your answer...
This one factoid, along with the seven others offered, seems to indicate that the efficacy of stories and their supporting evidence are universal. Why is it then, that stories are used so little in today's classrooms?
Another think aloud question:
What is the basic misconception regarding ELA State Standards requiring/requesting that text passages gravitate mostly to non-fiction by the time students get to high school?
The confusion lies in the fact that fiction and story on the part of many are mutually exclusive. There is no reason one cannot integrate story even in non-fictional scenarios .. "science meets fiction"
This question may have more than one correct response
Of the following pick out the one(s) that is/are false statement(s).
| reading comprehension is directly linked to understanding story structure | |
| Again true.. elements of story provided specific and powerful strategies and context. | |
| Research shows that mastering story structure is an essential precursor to successful mastery of logical understanding.. by the time you have finished this course, you should be able to see this very clearly for yourself. | |
| This is really a no-brainer!.. and if you sprinkle in digital media/technology you have a powerful one-two punch that is rarely equaled | |
| The second no-brainer...story structure provides context and relevance | |
| Sorry.. this one is true also.. research supports the contention that story predates human language .. and that language was first developed to express stories |
True or false: If something has a beginning-middle-end it must be a story
| Ok this is a trick question that is full of a personal agenda because it is a personal peeve of your instructor! ... when teaching kids about story in schools we tend to over-simplify what a story is (and miss a great 'teachable moment' IMHO)... it is one thing to describe something but quite another to teach how to build something.. the trick to using a story is to make kids story tellers not just story consumers | |
| It is hard to imagine something that exists at all that does not have a beginning, middle and an end. |
True or False:
The main premise of the book is that everything is a story
| ok.. if you got this one wrong you totally missed the whole premise of the book | |
| The whole concept of the book is about corrrectly identifying what a story is and by what means one uses to make that determination.. the elements of a story construct are what makes a story a powerful learning tool. |
This question may contain more than one correct response
Pick out the one(s) of the following that is/are false
| this one is right out of the book | |
| In this case, practice does make permanent | |
| This is why it is a shame that we tend to try so hard to get kids to read informational text without spending enough time on story when they are young.. |
This question may include more than one correct response.
According to the book, which of the following generally takes place when two or more people converse with one another:
| this one was thrown in there just to keep you honest |
True or False
What makes stories work is the fact that humans tend to recognize patterns to learn things and the strength of a valid and appropriate story structure is that it is built on a solid foundation of relevance and consistency (and predictability)
| As you will seen there is a very strong subject-predicate correlation in story that makes its endings predictable (even in surprise endings it is only a surprise because there are certain expectations that arise ). | |
| This would be true if the story was poorly constructed according to the story creation rules that you will be learning about in this course |
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