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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