These four teachers claim to be practicing principles from cognitive psychology. Based on the following information, which one is not?
a. Ms. Anthony, a high school biology teacher, draws a hierarchy on the board showing how mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians are all vertebrates, and how vertebrates and invertebrates are both animals.
b. Mr. Bottenberg, a fourth grade teacher, suggests that his students try to learn their spelling words by thinking about similarly spelled words that they already know.
c. Mr. Conrad, a junior high school soccer coach, asks his players to practice passing the ball to one another as they run down the field, then openly praises those players who are passing skillfully.
d. Ms. Danforth, a third grade teacher, introduces her class to the topic of multiplication by showing them how it relates to addition.
c
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a. age-appropriateness b. generalization c. supplemental materials d. modifications
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a. The invention of the printing press b. The social attitudes toward children. c. The mortality rate of children. d. The amount of research that supports the need for improved and varied children's literature.
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a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
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A. interpreting behavior immediately on the basis of initial data so as to make confirmation by subsequent incidents unnecessary B. recording primarily dramatic or negative incidents C. making generalized descriptions or evaluations rather than noting specific incidents D. describing the subject's behavior rather than the personal reaction of the observer