Which of the following lessons would be most effective to help ...

[sabina]

Which of the following lessons would be most effective to help elementary students understand how scientists construct theories?
 
  a. Asking each student to write an essay explaining why they think the sun rises at a different time each day.
  b. Having groups of students develop models of the solar system.
  c. Giving students hands-on activities to help them make abstract ideas more concrete.
  d. Having students take photos of the moon each night for a month, then create a display to summarize what they have discovered.

Question 2

Mr. Abruzzo gives his high-school math students word problems that include both relevant and irrelevant information. He most likely uses this instructional strategy to encourage the students to:
 
  a. recognize that math problems can have many different answers.
  b. encode the problems appropriately before attempting to solve them.
  c. see that math can be used in many different authentic settings.
  d. construct their own strategies for solving the problem.

[ms_sulzle]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b

[sabina]

Excellent

[atrochim]

TYSM