How could first solving a similar problem help one solve a subsequent target problem?

What will be an ideal response?


First solving a similar or analogous problem in a familiar subject area may help one solve a subsequent problem in a relatively unfamiliar subject area because the same method may be applicable to both problems.

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Critical thinking is characterized by:

a. knowledge-level thought processes. b. evaluation, judgment, and analysis. c. Creative, divergent processes. d. intuition and spontaneity.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

High-stakes testing is named that because the process is tedious.

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Three of the following statements are accurate descriptions of long-term memory. Which one is not necessarily accurate?

a. Information can last for a lengthy period of time, although not necessarily forever. b. Retrieval of information from long-term memory is sometimes difficult. c. Much of the information stored there is stored in terms of general meanings. d. The more information it contains, the less room it has for new material.

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Mr. Wagner stands in front of the class explaining the process of evolution. Ellen is sitting in the front row, but her mind is on the fight she had with her best friend just before class. Based on this information, how far in Ellen's memory system did Mr. Wagner's lecture get?

a. It reached the sensory register. b. It reached working memory. c. It reached long-term memory. d. It never got into the memory system at all.

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