Vygotsky believed that learning was better achieved through social interaction. What statement best identifies a learning environment that represents this belief?
a) Students are seated in rows and given problems to solve in a quiet environment.
b) Students are encouraged to work in groups and share problem solving strategies and solutions.
c) Students are assigned problems as homework and directed not to talk with other classmates
d) Students are not expected to solve all of the problems, only the ones that they have the knowledge to complete.
b
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Regarding starting school, an environmentalist is likely to believe that
a. young children who are not “ready” for school should wait to start school until they mature. b. preschool has little effect on children’s school readiness. c. children’s readiness for school depends primarily on inherited abilities. d. young children should start school even if readiness tests show lack of readiness because school causes children to learn.
The following day, Ms. Kruger laid bedrolls in the tent and set up a hibachi (small grill) and some cooking tools before the children came in. What role is she playing?
A. Observer B. Mediator C. Planner D. Collaborator
What source(s) of information might lead an infant to guess that a particular word encountered in the speech stream is a noun?
a. The word appears in a distributional context that often features other words that are nouns (a ‘frequent frame' for nouns, such as after the word the and before the word on). b. Infants cannot determine the syntactic category of words; children are only able to do this after they enter primary school. c. The child knows the meaning of the word, and knows that it refers to an object, and the child knows innately (or has learned) that objects tend to be nouns. d. Both (a) and (c).
To determine the most effective intervention for a behavior, it is necessary to analyze:
a. Antecedents and Behaviors b. Behaviors and Consequences c. Consequences and Antecedents d. Antecedents only