Using Instructional Conversations as a Teaching Tool Is Designed to Provide

question 78

Multiple Choice

Using instructional conversations as a teaching tool is designed to provide a means for

• A) arranging the environment so that students can discover on their own.
• B) grappling with problems in students' zones of proximal development and providing scaffolding.
• C) guiding learning by expectations and demonstrations of the students.
• D) placing students in situations where they have to reach for understanding.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The additional financial burden incurred when one more unit of a good or service is produced.

Positive-Sum Game

In game theory, a game in which the gains (+) and losses (−) add up to more than zero; one party’s gains exceed the other party’s losses. A strategic interaction (game) between two or more parties (players) in which the winners’ gains exceed the losers’ losses so that the gains and losses sum to something positive.

Positive Payoffs

Benefits or gains that are realized from an investment or action, often assessed in terms of profitability or value added.

Players

Individuals or entities actively involved in a process or activity, often used in the context of games, sports, or markets.