CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A teacher asks students to think of as many uses for a brick as possible. By listing 50 uses, most of which the class finds new and unusual, Susan is displaying
A
Computational learning
B
Paired-associate learning
C
Hypothetical thinking
D
Divergent thinking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The convergent example is focused on exploring options for delegating the work, whereas the divergent example doesn’t rule out options like fixing the laptop locally or using another device to get by until a new one is shipped. Both examples will produce valuable results.

Detailed explanation-2: -Another way divergent thinking is used in the classroom is asking questions that require students to think about a topic in a different way. For example, teachers can ask students to think about how the world would be different if the Internet had been available two hundred years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some examples of divergent questions are: What are some alternatives to this? What is another way of looking at this? How could this be done differently?

Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of divergent thinking is to generate many different ideas about a topic in a short period of time. It involves breaking a topic down into its various component parts in order to gain insight about the various aspects of the topic.

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