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CORALGRILL2014 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Imagine that you want to improve middle school students' ability to learn information from their textbooks. Considering research results described in the textbook, which technique would you be most likely to use?

a. Discovery learning
b. Authentic activities
c. Reciprocal teaching
d. Drill-and-practice exercises using flashcards of new vocabulary words

Question 2

Sociocultural theory suggests that with development, children acquire many cognitive tools of their culture. Which teacher is most clearly applying this idea?

a. Mr. Shaw reminds his students that he will let them go to lunch only after they've put away their art supplies.
b. Ms. Turiel shows students how to graph their research results so that they can more easily see trends in the data.
c. Ms. Norquist smiles to show her approval when students listen quietly and politely during a guest speaker's visit.
d. Mr. Cabot demonstrates how to use a Bunsen burner safely.