Mr. Sanchez teaches second grade. He presents his students with puzzles and conflicting answers to challenge their cognitive structures. Mr. Sanchez is using

A) scaffolding.
B) Piaget's theory.
C) Vygotsky's theory.
D) information processing.


B) Piaget's theory. They do this by deliberately presenting children with puzzles, debates, and conflicting opinions to intentionally challenge children's existing cognitive structures.

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What will be an ideal response?

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