If You Wanted to Help Your Students Learn Something by Using

question 33

Multiple Choice

If you wanted to help your students learn something by using a mnemonic device, which one of the following sentences would you use?

• A)"Area equals length times width" is the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle.
• B)"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is the Golden Rule.
• C)"My very earthy mother just sat upon new petunias" tells us the nine planets in the solar system.
• D)"Macdonald, Mackenzie, Abbott, Thompson, and Bowell" are the first five prime ministers of Canada.

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