Jamal wants to know how many baseball cards he has. His
mother helps him stack and count the cards, moving each card to a new stack as it is counted. She then shows him how to write the number on a slip of paper so he can remember it. Jamal's mother is doing all of the following EXCEPT
a. teaching him an accurate way to count objects.
b. teaching him that writing is valued in their culture.
c. using scaffolding.
d. using forced teaching.
ANSWER: d
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