Your friend is a science teacher and he hears that you have taken a class in developmental psychology. He asks your advice on improving his students' use of strategies for solving science problems. Which of the following suggestions is supported by research, as discussed in class?
a. discourage variable strategies, because they interfere with learning
b. have children highlight and repeatedly read a science text describing different problem solving techniques
c. ask children to explain both their correct and their incorrect answers
d. provide challenge problems that children cannot solve without generating previously undiscovered strategies
Ans: c. ask children to explain both their correct and their incorrect answers
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a. in the prenatal period and in infancy b. in early and middle childhood c. in adolescence and early adulthood d. in later adulthood and old age
The main factor that determines whether a student will be interested in a course is the
a. instructor's teaching style. b. student's attitude. c. readability of the textbook. d. match between the instructor's personality and that of the student.