Compare and contrast the terms algorithm and heuristic, and then provide an example of each which highlights their characteristics.
What will be an ideal response?
The answers should define algorithms as prescribed sequence of steps, heuristics as general strategies, with the main contrast being formal versus informal or accuracy versus approximation, with example of each highlighting these characteristics.
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To be a creative partner in children's activities, teachers should do all of the following except:
a. make themselves available to enter children's creative worlds. b. present a plot, sequence, and script for children to follow in their play. c. be a play partner who follows the children's lead. d. provide materials and opportunities for children's creative play.
It is particularly important to offer sand and mud play at school
because: a. it is often restricted at home. b. it is relatively easy to clean up at school. c. the sandbox can be far enough away from the door so the sand will shake off. d. it mimics real life experience.
Graylen has an exceptionally challenging condition. He has more than one disability that influences his learning, independence, and the range of intensive and pervasive supports that he and his family require. Graylen has
A) multiple-severe disabilities. B) autism. C) TBI. D) Asperger syndrome.
Researchers can obtain evidence of validity by comparing the performance:
A. on one instrument with performance on some other, independent criterion. B. recorded by two administrations of the same test. C. on one form of a test and another form of the same test. D. on the even-numbered items on a test and the odd-numbered items on that test.