To Maximize Student Achievement in Understanding Text

question 3

Multiple Choice

To maximize student achievement in understanding text:

• A) teachers should teach the easiest strategies to students.
• B) teachers should teach as many strategies as possible to students.
• C) districts should decide on a common set of strategies taught throughout all grades.
• D) districts should eliminate the teaching of strategies because they are not important in constructing meaning.

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Definitions:

Memory

The cognitive process involving encoding, storing, and retrieving information, allowing individuals to retain and recall past experiences.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept suggesting that people seek immediate gratification to fulfill their desires and avoid pain, without considering the consequences.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that represents the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it realistically, as opposed to the pleasure principle.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, it represents the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.