What are heuristics?

A. Heuristics are products of top-down processing; they encourage survey of material prior to reading.
B. Heuristics are devices, tools or mechanisms that help learners discover concepts; at times, these take the form of visual demonstrations.
C. Heuristics are reading strategies in which students read a portion of a story and then stop to verify or reject predictions through discussion.
D. Heuristics are question types that focus on key story elements, questions about (1) characters, (2) settings, (3) the story problem and goal to resolve it, (4) events to solve the problem, and (5) achievement of the goal.


B

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