Three of the Following Are Potential Drawbacks to Instructional Techniques

question 7

Multiple Choice

Three of the following are potential drawbacks to instructional techniques that depend heavily on student discussion. Which one is least likely to be a drawback?

• A) Outgoing and popular students may dominate discussions, even if their ideas and suggestions are off-target.
• B) Some students have trouble communicating their thoughts clearly enough for others to understand them.
• C) Students who believe that there is a single "right" perspective on any issue are more likely to participate than students who realize that several perspectives may all have legitimacy.
• D) Some students may become so focused on making a good impression when it's their turn to speak that they don't listen closely to what their classmates are saying.

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Definitions:

Controlled

Describes an experimental condition or variable that is carefully managed or regulated to isolate its effects.

Information Processing

A psychological model that describes how humans perceive, analyze, manipulate, and store information, akin to the functions of a computer.

Attention

Information processing involving the ability to strategically choose among and sort out different stimuli in the environment.

Selective Encoding

The process of focusing attention on relevant information while ignoring irrelevant information during problem solving and decision making.