About half of the class (group A) knows more about the Democratic party while the other half (group B) knows more about the Republicans. The teacher presents a weeklong lesson on both parties. Which of the following is likely, based on schema theory?
a) Group A will learn more about the Democrats than will group B.
b) Group B will have a better attitude than group A about the parts dealing with the Republicans.
c) Group B will learn more about the Democrats than will group A.
d) Both groups should learn the same amount about both parties.
a The students will learn more about the information they already have based on meaningful learning theory which refers to mental processing of new information that relates to previously learned knowledge.
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