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storky111

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Central to Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development is the idea that children increasingly make better sense of their world:
 
  a. Through the mental processes of assimilation and accommodation
  b. By repeatedly encountering both pleasant and unpleasant events in their daily lives
  c. Through their independent explorations of their physical and social environments
  d. By interacting with more experienced people who mediate their understandings

Question 2

Ms. Trinh is about to start a unit on sharks. Some of her students have a strong interest in sharks and know a lot about them. Others know very little about sharks. When Ms. Trinh gives a reading assignment about sharks, she should expect that:
 
  a. Students with more background knowledge will understand the reading material more readily than their classmates.
  b. Students' reading comprehension will depend almost entirely on their word decoding skills; their prior knowledge won't make much of a difference.
  c. Students with more background knowledge are less likely to double-check their understanding and so will make more comprehension errors.
  d. Students with less background knowledge may be reluctant to read about an unfamiliar topic; thus, motivating them to learn during the unit will be a challenge.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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