Ms. Webster tells students, "The author of our history textbook knows what he's talking about. He's a well-respected scholar whose specialty is the period we're reading about this month: colonial America." Although such a statement might certainly be beneficial in some respects, it has which one of the following drawbacks?
a. His statement is unlikely to foster the disposition to critically evaluate textbook content.
b. He is discouraging students with a predominantly verbal cognitive style to read the textbook.
c. Making sense of the statement depends almost exclusively on what Sternberg calls "practical intelligence."
d. Making sense of the statement depends almost exclusively on only two of Gardner's multiple intelligences: interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence.
a
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