From the perspective of psychology, why should teachers not expect students to solve complex problems in their heads?
a. The capacity for complex problem solving does not emerge until late adolescence.
b. Asking students to solve complex problems promotes rote memorization rather than meaningful learning.
c. Students' working memories can hold only a few pieces of information at a time.
d. By trying to solve complex problems in their heads, students are likely to unlearn some of the information stored in their long-term memories.
Question 2
Which one of the four teachers below is most likely to facilitate problem solving and creativity in the classroom?
a. Ms. Axelrod wants her students to develop a single best strategy for encoding problems.
b. Ms. Blakely wants her students to learn why heuristics are almost always better than algorithms for solving problems.
c. Ms. Corning wants her students to learn why algorithms are almost always better than heuristics for solving problems.
d. Ms. Darwin wants her students to have an in-depth knowledge of the topics they study.
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