Mr. Hall, in beginning a lesson on insects, shows the students a large colored picture of a grasshopper. He then asks, What do you see in this picture? Carla? He continues by asking several students to describe what they observe in the picture.
Based on applications of the human memory model, which of the following would be the best explanation for why Mr. Hall would choose to ask the type of questions he did?
a. He was attempting to help students retain the information in working memory through rehearsal.
b. He was attempting to help the students retain the information in their sensory memories.
c. He was using elaboration as a strategy to promote meaningful encoding.
d. He was checking the students' perceptions of his picture.
Question 2
In assessing the way Mrs. Lonzo began her lessonholding the balloon over Michelle's hairbased on our understanding of the human memory model, we would conclude that her procedure was:
a. effective because doing what she did would be an effective attention-getter.
b. ineffective because she didn't begin by having students rehearse their prior knowledge.
c. effective because her demonstration wouldn't overload the students' working memories.
d. ineffective because she didn't determine if the stimulus was encoded in the students' sensory memories.
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