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Self-Help Evaluation

This is a simple 'item response' diagnostic test to help you guage how much you already know and understand about Vicarious Learning and related topics. It is intended to be a helpful and enjoyable exercise.

Question 1. Vicarious Learning is learning through...?

Direct experience.
Book reading.
Watching other people.
Watching other people learning.
'Thought experiments'.

Question 2. Which fields of research are closely related to Vicarious Learning?

Observational Learning
Implicit Learning
Knowledge Management
Tacit Knowledge
Case-based reasoning

Question 3. Which researcher's seminal work on Observational Learning from the 1960s onwards led to a rebirth in research?
Type his/her surname only.

  

Question 4. In the field of Observational Learning, which of these is not not a commonly used synonym of 'observer'?

lurker
onlooker
legitimate peripheral participant
side-participant
apprentice
stalker

Question 5. Which of these are used by Hungarians to say goodbye (though, they'd spell them differently)?

Hello
Ciao
Szia
さよなら

Question 6. What two word term is missing in this passage?
"Anthropologists are trained to use a research method known as '________ _________', which is essentially means participating in the life and culture of the people one is studying, to gain a true insider's perspective on their customs and behaviors, while simultaneously observing them as a detached, objective scientist. Well, that's the theory. In practice it often feels rather like that children's game where you try to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time."

  

Question 7. Active participation is a scalable/variable quality of most learning opportunities. To describe various levels of participation a range of terms are used. Put the following terms in the order from most active, direct participation to the least active participation.

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Question 8. In the question below, you are given a list of words. Use these words to complete the blanks in the following text. At the end of the test you can press the "Show Answers" button to see which words go where.



Question 9. Which of these shapes is Hungary?

Question 10. Etienne Wenger ideas play an important part in understanding the dynamics of learning communities. He also coined the term “legitimate peripheral participants” as a positive alternative to what other negatively refer to as 'lurking'. What is the term he coined to describe a learning community, often abbreviated to the acronym CoP?

  


Grade Your Performance
Once you have finished the test, check you have answered all the questions. Then press the button 'Mark Answers', once you have graded the test you can check your answers by pressing the button 'Show Answers'.

VicariousLearning.com is an independent research think tank set up by Finbar Dineen. This site is based on over 10 years of research into knowledge management, vicarious learning and e-learning. Finbar's other business and research interests include limlom.com a Web 2.0 consultancy. We are waiting for your call.