As the Textbook Discusses,challenging Tasks Are Often the Ones That

question 16

Multiple Choice

As the textbook discusses,challenging tasks are often the ones that are most likely to promote students' learning and cognitive development. Yet students sometimes resist such challenges. Which one of the following is consistent with the textbook's recommendation for how to incorporate challenging activities into the classroom curriculum?

• A)Start the year with relatively easy tasks that give students a sense of success,then gradually increase the difficulty level of assignments.
• B)Start the year with few if any requirements,allowing students to feel comfortable in their new classroom,and then begin assigning challenging tasks after a week or two.
• C)Start the year with extremely difficult assignments,then make them slightly easier after a few days.
• D)Explain to students that they have little to gain from doing things they already know how to do.

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Definitions:

Appetitive

pertains to or arouses an organism's natural desire or appetite, typically referring to positive or pleasurable stimuli.

Terminal

Often used to describe the final stage of a disease where recovery is not expected, or the end point of an experiment or procedure.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate behaviors with consequences.

Skinner

B.F. Skinner, an influential American psychologist, known for his work in behaviorism and for developing the theory of operant conditioning.