Several Parents Who Are Making Costumes for an Elementary School

question 14

Multiple Choice

Several parents who are making costumes for an elementary school play ask the young cast members to assist them with such tasks as cutting fabric, pinning pieces together, and sewing simple hems.Using the language of Vygotskian theorists, we can say that the parents are:

• A)engaging the students in guided participation.
• B)presenting tasks that exceed the students' zone of proximal development.
• C)encouraging the separation of thought and language.
• D)creating a cognitive apprenticeship.

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Definitions:

Binomial Population

A population in which each member of the population has only two possible outcomes or states, often conceptualized as success or failure.

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of individuals in a population who possess a particular attribute or characteristic.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it marks the boundary for deciding whether a statistic is significant.

Type II Error

A statistical error occurring when a hypothesis test fails to reject a false null hypothesis.