Students in a military history class have an assigned reading on George Washington, with passages containing very interesting information about his wooden false teeth and the primitive state of dentistry at the time. This is best described as an example of ______.
a. promoting meaningful learning
b. establishing individual interest
c. teaching by analogy
d. seductive details
d. seductive details
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According to research on media use, which of the following statements is true?
a. Adolescents view more television than younger children. b. Preschoolers respond to video and television as though it were live interaction. c. Nearly all high school students use the internet. d. Media use during early childhood does not predict later amount of media use.
Critics who believe that violent fairy tales should be shared in their original versions would argue that
A. the violence in the original stories keeps children's interest. B. the altered versions omit essential elements of setting. C. the psychological benefit is good for children. D. the authors' original ideas should be preserved.
As a socializing agency, the peer group
a. Becomes more influential with advancing age. b. Legitimizes and prioritizes the value of information received from a variety of sources. c. Communicates what constitutes appropriate gender roles. d. All of the above.
A way to gain information concerning a student's ability to gain information from textbooks successfully is a(n):
a. Informal reading inventory b. Cloze procedure c. Content reading inventory d. Miscue analysis e. All of the above