Three of the following teaching strategies may foster students' acquisition of a theory about phenomena in the natural world. Which strategy is least likely to be effective in fostering students' theory development?
a. Show a diagram of the human digestive system.
b. Ask students to memorize a one-paragraph summary of how mitosis occurs.
c. Describe heat as something that "flows" from one object to another.
d. Engage students in a discussion about the forces that affect an arrow's movement as it is shot from a bow.
b
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a. Fever, rash, and muscle stiffness. b. Itching, burning, soreness and small blisters that burst to leave ulcers on the skin. c. There are no symptoms of infection. d. All of the above
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Which of the following techniques is most effective when two concepts are being compared?
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