Mitzi Is a First Year Science Teacher Who Is Instructing

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Multiple Choice

Mitzi is a first year science teacher who is instructing her first class. After introducing the "solar system" as the topic of the day, Mitzi begins to explain to the students various facts and information regarding each planet and its relationship to the earth. According to Ormrod, Mitzi is presently in which step in a classroom teaching strategy?

• A)stimulus presentation
• B)learner preparation
• C)reinforcement
• D)mental association

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Definitions:

Asymptotes

Lines that a graph approaches but never reaches, often defining the boundary of its behavior.

Vertices

The corner points where two or more edges meet in a geometric shape or figure; singular form is "vertex."

Ellipse

A plane curve encircling two centers where the total distance from any point on the curve to the two centers remains unchanged.

Center

The midpoint or central point of a geometric shape, or a point that is equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or sphere.