Which One of the Following Examples Most Clearly Illustrates a Cognitive

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following examples most clearly illustrates a cognitive apprenticeship?

• A)A junior high school English class is reading Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." At the end of each verse, the teacher describes the visual images and feelings that the poem elicits for him, and he encourages his students to do likewise.
• B)An elementary school teacher gives his students lots of practice doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems so that they will be able to solve word problems more effectively later in the school year.
• C)In a high school chemistry lab, a teacher clearly describes the steps she expects her students to complete as they conduct the day's laboratory experiment.She also lists the things that students should do when they clean up after the experiment.
• D)A middle school physical education teacher puts her students in pairs as they practice their forward and backward rolls.She asks the students in each pair to observe each other and give each other feedback about how to improve.

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Definitions:

Books of Hours

Medieval manuscripts that contained prayers and devotional texts for use by laypeople, often richly illuminated and personalized.

Well of Moses

A monumental sculpture created by Claus Sluter in the late 14th century, located in Dijon, France, notable for its detailed portrayal of biblical figures.

Carthusian Monastery

A monastery belonging to the Carthusian order, known for its strict regime of silence and solitary contemplation.

Claus Sluter

A sculptor from the Netherlands, active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, known for his influential work in the Burgundian Netherlands.