Question 1
A young teacher is teaching abroad in a small village community. She wants to teach her students to make maps but doesn't know how advanced their map-making skills already are. Which factor would be MOST likely to influence their existing map-making ability?
◦ their familiarity with roads around the village
◦ their understanding of basic geography
◦ the language that the villagers speak
◦ their ability to engage in transductive reasoning
Question 2
A researcher studies mathematics learning in Korea and America. She notices that, at age eight, the Korean children are more advanced in their math skills than the American children. Which one of the following factors likely contributes to this difference?
◦ Korean parents expect that their children will excel in every school subject.
◦ Korean children are genetically disposed to mathematics competence.
◦ The Korean number system more clearly identifies place value.
◦ The Korean language has fewer words for mathematical concepts.
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