What Is the Purpose of Instructional Discourse

question 23

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of instructional discourse?

• A) to find out the answer to a question
• B) to provide information stipulated by the curriculum
• C) to direct instruction of concepts and procedures
• D) the social reinforcement of appropriate behavior

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Definitions:

Consumer Surplus

The contrast between the total sum consumers are ready and financially equipped to spend on a good or service, and the sum they actually spend.

Producer Surplus

The divergence between the price at which sellers are ready to offer a good or service and the price they actually obtain.

Economic Efficiency

A state in which resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the total benefit received by society from those resources.

Consumer Surplus

The divergence between the price consumers are willing to pay and what they really spend on a good or service.