Six-Year-Old Gerean Is Taking Music, Dance, Gymnastic, and Art Lessons

question 651

Multiple Choice

Six-year-old Gerean is taking music, dance, gymnastic, and art lessons each week as well as watching educational videos and going through stacks of math flashcards each night. Gerean's schedule likely illustrates

• A)the "one-step-ahead strategy."
• B)forced teaching or "hothousing."
• C)adaptive processes of assimilation and accommodation.
• D)the method typically utilized for teaching formal operational thinking.

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