Construct an example of when confusing additive and proportional thinking could result in an incorrect answer. Describe an incorrect process that a learner might follow. Describe a correct way to find the solution and a way you might help the learner to
see his or her error.
What will be an ideal response?
Ben and Mike were both dieting. Ben went from 200 to 180 pounds while Mike went from 240 to 219 pounds. Who was the more successful dieter? A student might incorrectly think Mike was more successful, because he lost 21 pounds and Ben only lost 20, because he is thinking additively. The teacher might need to use some of the strategies from Chapter 17 to help develop conceptual understanding of percentages.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following domains in Bloom's taxonomy encompasses students' attitudes, values, and emotions?
a. Affective b. Cognitive c. Physiological d. Psychomotor
Lessons that involve a majority of teacher talk are
a. demonstrations of a well-prepared teacher b. not engaging to students c. usually boring d. usually evidence of a difficult concept being taught
New teacher Gail Berks attended a workshop on the Writing Process in which she was
correctly told that: a) students must write with a partner b) writers always follow the steps in the same sequence c) the process should only be used with expository texts d) the process involves recurring cycles