As we have discovered, challenging tasks are often the ones that are most likely to promote students' learning and cognitive development. Yet students sometimes resist such challenges
Which one of the following is consistent with the textbook's recommendation for how to incorporate challenging activities into the classroom curriculum?
a. Start the year with relatively easy tasks that give students a sense of success, then gradually increase the difficulty level of assignments.
b. Start the year with few if any requirements, allowing students to feel comfortable in their new classroom, and then begin assigning challenging tasks after a week or two.
c. Start the year with extremely difficult assignments, then make them slightly easier after a few days.
d. Explain to students that they have little to gain from doing things they already know how to do.
A
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