Three of the Following Teaching Strategies Should Help Students Benefit

question 46

Multiple Choice

Three of the following teaching strategies should help students benefit from a discovery learning activity. Which strategy is least likely to be helpful?

• A) Mr. Azama makes sure students have some knowledge about triangles, including the concepts of base and height, and then provides an exercise through which the students discover for themselves the formula for calculating a triangle's area.
• B) Ms. Berkowitz asks students to write down their discoveries about what happens to a chemical solution when they heat it.
• C) Ms. Clift gives students several guidelines to follow as they conduct a physics experiment.
• D) Mr. DiCicco takes his students to the site of a Civil War battle and says, "OK, look around and see what you can find that might be of interest to your peers."

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