Schooling Seems to Promote Cognitive Growth by

question 46

Multiple Choice

Schooling seems to promote cognitive growth by

• A) teaching principles and problem-solving strategies that children can apply to novel tasks
• B) teaching facts that children can recite on tests
• C) challenging students, thereby accelerating their rate of neural maturation
• D) none of these; schooling promotes factual learning but not cognitive development

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