Three of the Following Teaching Strategies May Foster Students' Acquisition

question 3

Multiple Choice

Three of the following teaching strategies may foster students' acquisition of a theory about phenomena in the natural world. Which strategy is least likely to be effective in fostering students' theory development?

• A) Show a diagram of the human digestive system.
• B) Ask students to memorize a one-paragraph summary of how mitosis occurs.
• C) Describe heat as something that "flows" from one object to another.
• D) Engage students in a discussion about the forces that affect an arrow's movement as it is shot from a bow.

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