Describe five practices that enhance both low-road and high-road transfer
What will be an ideal response?
The authors offer five suggestions to enhance both low-road and high-road transfer. These suggestions include
(1) providing ample opportunities for varied practice
(2) giving students realistic problems to solve
(3) teaching students how to formulate general rules, strategies, or schemes for a variety of tasks that can be used in the future with similar problems
(4) providing students cues that will aid the retrieval of previously learned information
(5) teaching students to focus on the benefits of creating and using rules and strategies to solve particular kinds of problems
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a. True b. False
Parents, peers, media, teachers, church
A. Internalized conversation B. Agents of socialization C. Friends and neighbors
The text makes the claim that geography can be easily integrated into historical study. Why?
a. It is difficult to construct or comprehend historical narrative apart from geographical settings. b. Geographical skills are not as important as historical understanding so they can be taught as an integrated topic. c. Historical study is a broad concept incorporating many other disciplines including geography. d. Geography as a discipline has a broad base which includes historical understanding.
An individual with a high logical-mathematical intelligence
A) will have weak written communication skills. B) is often good at problem-solving and analytical tasks. C) will choose a career that requires leadership skills. D) demonstrates all of the above.