Mrs Darnell's Sixth-Grade Students Scored Higher on Tests of Abstract

question 309

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Darnell's sixth-grade students scored higher on tests of abstract thinking, creativity, and problem solving than the other elementary students. Her students also tend to be more independent, curious, and positive in their attitudes toward school. Mrs. Darnell most likely uses which teaching style?

• A)lecture-style
• B)discovery learning
• C)rote learning
• D)direct instruction

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Definitions:

Motion Parallax

A depth cue based on the fact that, as an observer moves, the retinal images of nearby objects move more rapidly than do the retinal images of objects farther away.

Binocular Disparity

The difference in the images received by the two eyes due to their different perspectives, which contributes to depth perception and stereopsis.

Eyes Distance

This term typically refers to the measurement between the centers of the pupils of the two eyes, important in optical and vision sciences.

Pictorial Cues

Patterns that can be represented on a flat surface in order to create a sense of a three-dimensional object or scene.