Progressive educators were very influential in the subsequent history of elementary education in the United States. One Progressive, Francis W. Parker, changed social studies by:

a. Introducing computer-based inquiry to the elementary school by advocating the use of typewriters with fourth and fifth graders
b. Writing the first widely-used series of elementary social studies textbooks that covered all grades, kindergarten through grade six
c. Introducing field trips and hands-on experiences, and in so doing, breaking away from memorization of the textbook
d. Advocating that children use maps to find objects hidden on the school grounds


c

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a. Autosomal recessive gene on the 7th chromosome b. Both parents are carriers of the mutant gene c. Sex-related where only males have the disease d. All of the above e. A and B only f. A and C only

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In addition to its enormous size, information on the Internet is characterized by three features: It is constantly changing, it is "self-organized," and what third feature?

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