The students in Mr. Walker's class are engaged in a creative activity designed to help them become effective problem solvers. Mr. Walker held up a large rubber band and told students to list as many ways to use the rubber band as possible. He gave them 90 seconds. How is this activity most likely intended to increase students' problem solving effectiveness?
a. Help students learn to apply response set in problem solving
b. Help students learn to practice functional fixednessin problem solving
c. Help students learn to develop problem solving algorithms
d. Help students avoid factors that hinder problem solving
d
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Fill in the blank with correct word.
An elementary science teacher wants to provide students with practice in the skill of weighing. What would be the most appropriate activity?
a. Provide a two-pan balance and ask students to find how many pennies it takes to balance a small rock. b. Provide a meter stick and ask students to find how many meters long the classroom is. c. Provide several small drinking cups and ask students to find how many cups of water it takes to fill a coffee can. d. Provide a thermometer and ask students to record the outdoor temperature at 9:00am each day for two weeks. e. All of the above f. None of the above
When it is necessary to remove a mildly disruptive student from the classroom, of the following which is most desirable?
(a) Send the student to a pre-designated and supervised time-out area. (b) Send the student to the library for the remainder of the class period. (c) Send the student to the principal's office, and notify the office that the student is being sent there and why. (d) Tell the student to stand in the hallway outside of the classroom until you have a chance to come out there and talk with the student.
What are methods that are used to support Noddings' (2005) research on students developing the capacity to care for others?
a. Confirmation b. Practice c. Dialogue d. Modeling