You notice that a school health nurse is teaching the children to wash their hands using a nontoxic powder that lights up under a black light
The nurse sprinkles the powder on the children's hands and later shows them by using the black light that they have put these "germs" on their faces and everywhere they have touched. The students wash their hands and see if they made the germs disappear. Which of the following reasons best represents the most important rationale for why the school nurse teaches hand washing by this method instead of giving a talk? a. The glow-powder method is more fun for everyone.
b. This method gets the children more active and provides exercise.
c. Physically involving the children increases their understanding.
d. Most other elementary teachers use the glow-powder method.
C
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A Incorrect. The glow-powder method is more fun for everyone, but physically involving the children increases their understanding.
B Incorrect. This method gets the children more active and provides exercise, but the physical involvement is important because it increases their understanding.
C Correct. Whatever program chosen for teaching hand-washing, physically involving the child in the learning increases understanding.
D Incorrect. The most important rationale for using the Glo-germ powder is not because most other elementary teachers use the glow-powder method.
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