Explain isomorphic problems. Include what research suggests concerning people's ability to deal with these types of problems
What will be an ideal response?
Sometimes, two problems are isomorphic—that is, their formal structure is the same, and only their content differs. Determining the underlying structural isomorphism of problems is often difficult. It is also difficult to apply problem-solving strategies from one problem to another. Problem solvers are particularly unlikely to detect isomorphisms when two problems are similar but not identical in structure. Furthermore, when the con- tent or the surface characteristics of the problems differ sharply, detecting the isomorphism of the structure of problems is harder.
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a. 9
b. 45
c. 27
d. 99
Dr. Kenney conducts a study in which she gives some students (chosen randomly) logically organized learning material; she gives other students the same material presented in a haphazard, unpredictable sequence. She finds that students with the organized material remember more. This study can best be described as:
A) A descriptive quantitative study. B) A qualitative study. C) An experimental study. D) A correlational study.
Studies of siblings have tended to show that
a. first-borns use more phrasal speech b. that later-borns use more phrasal speech c. that birth order has no effect on early language d. that first borns are more likely to be referential
Kilgore (2001) summarizes the components of critical and postmodern perspectives of adult learning in the following manner:
a. Knowledge is socially constructed along with power as a factor in learning. b. Power can be possessed by principals, a culturally biased group, or a culturally relevant bias to one group. c. Dominant influence or authority (hegemony) to preserve inequities is linked to structures of privilege and oppression. d. Knowledge is multifaceted and shifts to the experience and context of the knower.