The textbook suggests that students often engage in rote learning rather than meaningful learning of school subject matter because:
A) It is human nature to do so unless taught otherwise.
B) Rote learning is more effective than meaningful learning for children younger than age 10.
C) Information learned at a rote level is stored in working memory more quickly.
D) Classroom assessment practices often encourage it.
D
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a. twice a week b. every other day c. if there is time d. daily
A teacher turns a glass tumbler containing a wad of paper inside it upside down and pushes the rim straight down into a clear container filled with water. Which of the following teaching techniques would indicate that the teacher believes it is important to build upon children's prior knowledge and experiences?
A) The teacher explains that air occupies space and gives examples such as blowing up a balloon or asking children to demonstrate the difficulty in trying to compress the extended plunger of a sealed plastic syringe. The teacher then asks the children to predict what they think will happen to the paper when the inverted glass is immersed in water. B) The teacher does the experiment again and asks the children to take notes on what happens. C) The teacher repeats the experiment, allows the children to comment on their observations, and then gives them her own explanation. D) Before the teacher does the experiment, she asks the children what they think will happen. She does the experiment and then asks children to check their guess with what they observed. She then asks for comments on the reasons for the phenomena.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A psychologist conducts a research study and finds that children who are abused have more difficulty in school than children who are not abused
a. Is this an experimental, correlational, cross-sectional, or longitudinal study? Justify your choice. b. Based on the study, the psychologist draws the conclusion that an abusive home life leads to poorer school performance in school. Is this conclusion justified? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response?