Author Question: You are a consultant to a school district. One of your recommendations is that all primary grade ... (Read 155 times)

jCorn1234 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

You are a consultant to a school district. One of your recommendations is that all primary grade children receive at least one recess period each day. The Board of Education challenges this recommendation. What is the best defense you can make?

a. Schooling is as much about maintaining tradition as promoting learning, and recess is one of education's oldest traditions.
b. Giving children a recess break promotes attention and learning.
c. Teachers deserve at least one short break each school day.
d. Parents would rather have children burn off extra energy at school than at home after school.

Question 2

Eighth-grade students are participating in a nationwide science learning project. Students, business professionals, and scientists from across the country communicate via the Internet. They discuss various ways to solve particular problems that are set in realistic contexts. They also have opportunities to solve real problems, like protecting their local environments. Students are exposed to a variety of viewpoints, new information, and alternate solutions. This is an example of meaningful learning according to which of the following theories?

a. distance learning
b. social constructivism
c. cognitive constructivism
d. doctrine of formal discipline