Which one of the following situations best illustrates elaborative interrogation as a strategy for promoting elaboration?
a. As Lynette, Martin, and Fred study for a science quiz one evening, they go over the questions on the study guide their teacher handed out in class that day; they know that if they can answer all the questions successfully, they will do well on the quiz.
b. As she reads Douglas Adams' science fiction novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Suzette develops a list of questions that she would ask the author about why he wrote the story the way he did.
c. As LaWanda and Megan study their history book together, they take turns making up and asking each other questions about why various historical events may have happened the way they did.
d. Vance makes notations in his notes regarding things he doesn't understand and needs to ask his teacher about.
Question 2
Three of the following statements accurately characterize rote learning. Which statement is not true of rote learning?
a. Few if any connections are made to existing knowledge.
b. Information is stored as one or more visual images.
c. Information is learned in a relatively meaningless fashion.
d. Learning is relatively slow.
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