Suppose That Ms

question 12

Multiple Choice

Suppose that Ms. J. is a third-grade teacher. In her classroom, she requires that students study together in small, multiethnic workgroups, in which each group member is responsible for collecting and communicating to fellow group members a different type of information. It appears that Ms. J. is using the cooperative learning technique known as ____.

• A)spider analysis
• B)the lexical decision task
• C)the discontinuity method
• D)the jigsaw classroom

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Definitions:

Public Good

A product or service that is provided without profit for the benefit of all members of a society, characterized by its non-excludability and non-rivalry in consumption.

Marginal Benefit Curve

A graphical representation that shows how the benefit to consumers changes as the quantity of a good or service increases.

Private Market

A segment of the economy composed of companies and financial transactions that are not regulated by the government.

Marginal Social Benefit

An increase in the total benefit to society resulting from a one-unit increase in the production of a good or service.