A Physics Teacher Asks Her Students to Draw a Picture

question 46

Multiple Choice

A physics teacher asks her students to draw a picture to illustrate the forces at work when someone throws a ball into the air. This strategy should do two things to help students remember the forces involved. In particular, it should encourage students to engage in both:

• A) implicit and explicit understanding
• B) rote learning and automaticity
• C) enactment and visual imagery
• D) verbalization and facilitative expectations

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