Mr. Silas wants his students to understand properties of air, so he has them fly kites, press inverted glasses into water, release smelly gases in a warm room and a cold room, blow up balloons, and so forth. He follows his students’ lead and asks lots of open-ended questions. His class could best be described as based on principles of
a. operant conditioning.
b. classical conditioning.
c. observational learning.
d. constructivist teaching.
ANSWER: d
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