Three of these teachers will probably promote meaningful learning in their students. Which teacher, although possibly using a beneficial instructional strategy, is unlikely to promote meaningful learning?
a. Mr. Pulos demonstrates how the area of a triangle (area = 1/2 base x height) is half of something his students already knowthe area of a rectangle.
b. Ms. Rubenstein asks her students to define peninsula in their own words.
c. Mr. Warner encourages his third graders to practice their cursive letters at least once every day.
d. Ms. Elms points out that the German word krank (meaning sick) might be related to the English word cranky.
Question 2
Jenny is taking a quiz that asks for the chemical symbols of 20 elements. She remembers 19 of them but cannot remember the symbol for mercury. As she walks home from school, she suddenly remembers that the symbol for mercury is Hg.
Jenny's memory problem during the quiz can best be explained in terms of:
a. The effects of misconceptions
b. Reconstruction error
c. Decay
d. Failure to retrieve
Operant conditioning, also known as trial-and-error learning.
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