Mr Silas Wants His Students to Understand Properties of Air

question 41

Multiple Choice

Mr. Silas wants his students to understand properties of air, so he has them fly kites, press inverted glasses into water, release smelly gases in a warm room and a cold room, blow up balloons, and so forth. His class could best be described as based on principles of

• A) operant conditioning.
• B) classical conditioning.
• C) observational learning.
• D) constructivist teaching.

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Definitions:

Gardner

Howard Gardner is known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which suggests that intelligence is not a single, fixed attribute, but rather a range of different cognitive abilities.

Intelligence

The ability to learn, understand, and apply knowledge, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.

Spearman

A method or statistician known for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, used to measure the strength of a monotonic relationship between two variables.

Intelligence

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.