In her first trip to a zoo, 7-year-old Latisha notices that leopards have paws very similar in shape to her cat Snowball's paws. She also notices that leopards walk in much the same way that Snowball does. Latisha starts to wonder if perhaps leopards are cats. Latisha's thinking illustrates Piaget's idea that thought is characterized by:
a. egocentrism
b. conservation
c. use of schemes
d. compartmentalization
C
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A. way to respond to diverse learners B. promotes academic achievement within heterogeneous groupings C. promotes proficiency in multiple languages D. promotes cross-cultural understanding
According to the Hayes-Flower Model, the process that is dedicated to generating ideas, organizing ideas, and setting goals is called:
A) planning. B) translating. C) reviewing. D) editing.
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a. alertness to visual detail b. difficulty with memory c. problems with math language d. procedural errors
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A. Application B. Analysis C. Synthesis D. Evaluate