Which One of the Following Teaching Strategies, While Possibly Beneficial

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following teaching strategies, while possibly beneficial in other ways, is least likely to foster productive dispositions in students?

• A) Asking students to justify their opinions with evidence or logic
• B) Modeling open-mindedness about diverse perspectives on global warming
• C) Teaching students a particular algorithm to follow in solving math problems
• D) Helping students understand that in a research study, correlation between two variables does not necessarily mean that one variable is the cause of the other

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