Which of the following is not true of motivated students? a. ...

[nelaaney]

Which of the following is not true of motivated students?
 
  a. They tend to have higher grades.
  b. They learn content almost effortlessly.
  c. They have more positive attitudes toward school.
  d. They persist on difficult tasks.

Question 2

Given the classic cannibal-missionary problem that follows, and illustrate each of the steps of the general problem-solving strategy presented in your text.
  Three cannibals and three missionaries must cross a river. Their boat can only hold two people. If the cannibals cannot outnumber the missionaries on either side of the river at any time, and each missionary and each cannibal can row the boat, explain how all six can get across the river?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[aliotak]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

First, identify the problem goal. The problem is to get all the people across the river without the cannibals outnumbering the missionaries at any point. Second, represent the problem such as creating concrete models of the cannibals and missionaries, and third, select a strategy such as deciding to physically moving them across an imaginary river. Fourth, actually try the strategy by actually moving the models back and forth. Finally, if all the cannibals and missionaries are across the river and the cannibals have never outnumbered the missionaries, the strategy has been successful.