Explain why constructivists may not be fond of drill and practice activities.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers vary and include: Drill and practice is typically focused on developing isolated skills and on transmitting knowledge to learners. Constructivists believe that students need to learn and use skills within a more authentic context such as project-based activities, so they can see where skills apply.
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What type of literacy practice occurs when students read a complex, challenging text through careful analysis?
A. close-reading B. silent sustained reading C. shared reading D. read-aloud
Refer to Exhibit 5-1. Which of the hypotheses violated the criterion that: hypotheses must be consistent with the organized body of knowledge
a. Peter is an inherently bad boy who had stepped out of line and ran to the classroom by the back stairs in order to infuriate the teacher. b. Peter leapt from the ground directly into the classroom window. c. Peter has an identical twin whom the teacher did not know about. He and Peter arranged with the principal to stage the fire drill so that they could play this trick on the teacher. d. Peter slipped into the boy's room on the way out and returned to his seat from there.
An office thematic play area (with desks, writing materials, adding machines, files, folders, coffee/snack equipment, and the like) would best be described as a
A) simple unit B) complex unit C) super unit D) imaginary unit
Constructivism
A. requires the teacher to perform as a facilitator of knowledge. B. is represented in direct instructional strategies. C. is part of teacher modeling. D. has been used with case studies.