A Learner Asks a Question, and the Instructor Provides an Answer

question 50

Multiple Choice

A learner asks a question, and the instructor provides an answer. The learner's face immediately shows signs of confusion. Which of the following is the BEST approach the instructor should take?

• A) Verbally confirm the learner understands and provide another explanation
• B) Provide the same answer and ask if the learner understands
• C) Wait for a couple minutes to determine if the learner comprehends the answer
• D) Ignore the look on the learner's face and move on to the next point

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Definitions:

Lexical Decision Task

An experimental procedure where participants classify stimuli as words or non-words, used to investigate cognitive processes related to language.

Perceptual Masking Task

A technique in cognitive psychology used to investigate the limitations of sensory processing by presenting one visual stimulus immediately after another, influencing the perception of the first.

Dichotic Listening Task

A task in which a person hears two or more different, specially recorded messages over earphones and is asked to attend to one of them.

Stroop Task

A task invented by J. R. Stroop in which a participant sees a list of words (color terms) printed in an ink color that differs from the word named (e.g., green printed in blue ink). The participant is asked to name the ink colors of the words in the list and demonstrates great difficulty in doing so relative to a condition in which non-color words form the stimuli.