Generally Speaking, Elaboration Helps Students Learn New Information

question 16

Multiple Choice

Generally speaking, elaboration helps students learn new information. An exception to this rule is when students elaborate on this information:

• A) After having already organized it in a hierarchical fashion
• B) Using previously stored erroneous information
• C) Using information they stored many years earlier
• D) Very quickly

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Definitions:

Anatomical Feature

Physical characteristics or structures of the body or organs identified in anatomy.

Sodium Ion Gates

Protein channels in cell membranes that open or close in response to stimuli, allowing the flow of sodium ions into or out of the cell, crucial in the generation of action potentials.

Nodes of Ranvier

Gaps in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers, which facilitate rapid conduction of nerve impulses along axons by allowing the impulses to jump from one node to the next.

Myelination

The process of forming a myelin sheath around a nerve to increase the speed at which electrical impulses propagate along the nerve fiber.