Simulated Learning Environments (Microworlds) Provide Students with Opportunities to Solve

question 22

Multiple Choice

Simulated learning environments (microworlds) provide students with opportunities to solve problems in a form and setting that they have not likely encountered before. According to Piaget, these students will most likely experience which one of the following?

• A) cognitive development through adaptation
• B) cognitive conflict and disequilibration
• C) cognitive organization through accommodation
• D) cognitive reorganization through assimilation

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Definitions:

Motor Cortex

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements.

Repertoire

Repertoire refers to the range or collection of skills, abilities, or the body of works available to someone or something.

Sensory Information

Data received by sensory organs like the eyes, ears, skin, nose, and tongue, which is then interpreted by the brain to perceive the environment.

Motor Information

Data related to or involving the control and execution of physical movements by the nervous system and muscles.