How do essentialist teachers test their students' knowledge?
a. Through student portfolios
b. Through group projects
c. Through subjective essay questions
d. Through objective tests
D Correct Answer: Through objective tests
Feedback for Correct Answer: To assess learning, essentialists favor objective tests with questions about factual information to ascertain if students absorbed the information.
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