In the 1950s and 1960s, Grouping in the Classroom Was

question 62

Multiple Choice

In the 1950s and 1960s, grouping in the classroom was widely practiced. Then came a period in which grouping was always wrong and an injustice. Today, many educators believe that grouping can be helpful if it is used selectively and in limited and flexible ways. This is an example of what type of thinking?

• A) schematic
• B) dialectical
• C) scaffolding
• D) formal operational

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Definitions:

Falsifiability

The principle that a good scientific idea or theory should be capable of being shown to be false when tested using scientific methods.

Empiricism

Use of objective observations to answer a question about the nature of behavior.

Empirical Evidence

Evidence that is based on observation, experience, or experiment, rather than theory or pure logic.

Intuition

The ability to understand or know something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.