National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) guidelines say that:
A. Rote memorization will allow broad application of numerical operations to a number of fields.
B. Rote memorization is obsolete.
C. Rote memorization helps children work through problems by applying the rules.
D. Rote memorization must have well developed methodologies for improving children's memory strategies.
Answer: B
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a. After seeing a photo of a girl who looks like her riding an elephant, 10-year-old Sally says, "Oh, yes, I remember that elephant ride." b. Eighteen-year-old Mark recalls attending a Jewish Bar Mitzvah when he was 13, even though he isn't Jewish and doesn't have any friends who are Jewish. c. Four-year-old Carmen is asked to imagine herself going to Disney World and meeting Snow White. Several months later she claims she actually did meet Snow White. d. As a requirement for his psychology class, 20-year-old Damion participates in a research study in which he's asked to read a group of 10 interrelated words (e.g., bed, pillow, dream). Afterward he claims that one of the words was sleep, even though it wasn't included in the list.
Describe the prevalence of drug use among young people. What types of drugs are being abused? What are related problems involved with drug use by young people?
What will be an ideal response?
Which statement regarding gender differences in mental rotation ability is true? a. Nearly all studies find females outperform males in mental rotation tasks
b. In young children, there are no gender differences in mental rotation performance. c. Mental rotation skills cannot be improved through practice or training. d. The same brain activation is seen in males and females during mental rotation tasks.
To avoid complex, ambiguous, or double questions teachers should do all of the following except:
A) focus each question on only one idea B) state the main ideas only once C) use concrete language D) repeat all questions more than once