Each of the following is true of peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS) EXCEPT

A) it involves pairing a higher-performing student with a lower-performing student.
B) it is not effective for high school students without learning disabilities.
C) students take turns being "coach" and "reader."
D) students participate in highly structured tutoring sessions each week.


B

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A. social and independent learning styles. B. multiple intelligences learning styles. C. sequential and random learning styles. D. verbal and linguistic learning styles.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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a. students who aren't born with a genetic gift for math will always struggle. b. mathematics is useful only for people who want careers that require "number-crunching." c. understanding proportions and abstract concepts is too difficult for most adolescents. d. there's only one way to solve any particular math problem.

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