Ms. Barco gave Johnny a worksheet that had a mixture of mathematics problems. She arranged the problems in a specified sequence to increase the likelihood that Johnny would stay on task. Problems 1-3 involved addition without regrouping. Problem 4 involved addition with regrouping. Problems 5-7 involved addition without regrouping and Problem 8 involved addition with regrouping. Using this method
Johnny is likely to
a. be off-task throughout the independent work period.
b. complete the easier problems and skip the harder problems.
c. take less time transitioning to the non-preferred problems than he would if thesequence was reversed.
d. take more time to complete his work, but more answers will be correct.
c
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a. positive reinforcement. b. negative reinforcement. c. extinction. d. punishment.
Jean Piaget's theory held that children's mental processes
a. develop in predetermined stages of growth b. enable children to progressively construct their own knowledge. c. cause the thinking of children to be qualitatively different from the thinking of adults. d. all of these.
Which educational philosopher and professor is considered the 20th century’s most influential educator?
A. Mortimer Adler B. William Bagley C. John Dewey D. Charles Eliot
Early childhood educators believe the cognitive and language areas of development are the most important.
a. true b. false