If You Were Teaching Students a New Concept, Which Strategy

question 46

Multiple Choice

If you were teaching students a new concept, which strategy would be most effective?

• A) Presenting only positive instances, so students don't get confused.
• B) Presenting only negative instances, so students aren't overwhelmed.
• C) Describing the concept's correlational features.
• D) Presenting a definition that identifies defining features.

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Definitions:

Control Group

A group in an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Experimental Group

The experimental group in a study is the group that receives the treatment or intervention being tested, allowing researchers to assess the effect of the treatment.

Single-Blind

An experimental procedure where the participants do not know which group (control or experimental) they are in, to reduce bias.

Simple Behavior

Refers to basic actions or responses that are not complex or complicated, often innate and requiring minimal processing, such as a reflex.