Author Question: Mr. Smith is discussing the question, What would life be like for us if we were living 100 years ... (Read 32 times)

leo leo · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Mr. Smith is discussing the question, What would life be like for us if we were living 100 years from now? His students deal with the question effectively. Which stage of development is best illustrated by the students' ability to deal with the question effectively?

a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational

Question 2

Mrs. Wells is teaching her fifth graders to find the volume of rectangular solids using the formula V = l x w x h (length times width times height). They had difficulty with the problems, and they couldn't seem to visualize the boxes when shown pictures of them in their textbooks. According to Piaget, which of the following would be the best solution to this dilemma?

a. Wait until they are developmentally ready to deal with the abstraction in finding volume. (Wait and teach it in the sixth grade.)
b. Show them an empty box, and put cubes in it until it is full to illustrate volume and the cubic dimension.
c. Walk them through several problems taken from their textbooks, being certain that they are successful at each step in the calculation.
d. Give them pictures of boxes to help them better visualize the problem.