Three of the Following Teaching Strategies Should Help Students Acquire

question 43

Multiple Choice

Three of the following teaching strategies should help students acquire useful theories about phenomena in the natural world.Which strategy is least likely to be effective in fostering students' theory development?

• A)Explain that the formation and spread of a glacier is similar to how a pancake increases as more and more batter is poured into the pan.
• B)Describe heat as something that "flows" from one object to another.
• C)Ask students to memorize a one-paragraph summary of how mitosis occurs.
• D)Show a diagram of the human digestive system.

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