Acquiring The Principles Of Mathematics And Science IELTS Reading Answers
Acquiring The Principles Of Mathematics And Science IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘Acquiring The Principles Of Mathematics And Science’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 13. Beyond the questions, you will find the answers along with the location of the answers in the passage and the keywords that help you find out the answers.
Acquiring The Principles Of Mathematics And Science
Answers
| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | v | in order to learn science, people often have to change the way they think in ordinary situations | Paragraph A;
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| 2 | ii | students may be able to repeat a formula but fail to use the concept represented by the formula when they explain observed events. | Paragraph B;
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| 3 | vi | in order for pupils to progress in their thinking they need to be actively engaged in solving problems that will challenge their current mode of reasoning | Paragraph C;
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| 4 | i | Piaget’s hypothesis about how cognitive change occurs was later translated into an educational approach which is now termed ‘discovery learning’. Discovery learning initially took what is now considered the Tone learner’ route. | Paragraph D;
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| 5 | iv | they found no evidence to support the idea that the children worked out their new conceptions during their group discussions, | Paragraph E;
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| 6 | viii | In another study, Howe set out to investigate whether the progress obtained through pair work could be a function of the exchange of ideas. | Paragraph F;
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| 7 | B | When confronted with a result that challenges their thinking – that is, when faced with conflict – pupils realize that they need to think again about their own ways of solving problems, regardless of whether the problem is one in mathematics or in science. | Paragraph C;
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| 8 | D | Piaget also pointed out that young children do not always discard their ideas in the face of contradictory evidence. They may actually discard the evidence and keep their theory | Paragraph C;
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| 9 | A | Howe compared the progress of 8 to 12-year-old children in understanding what influences motion down a slope | Paragraph E;
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| 10 | E | they created two kinds of groups according to a pre-test: one in which the children had dissimilar views, and a second in which the children had similar views. | Paragraph E;
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| 11 | discovery learning | Piaget’s hypothesis about how cognitive change occurs was later translated into an educational approach which is now termed ‘discovery learning’. | Paragraph D;
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| 12 | teacher | The role of the teacher was to select situations that challenged the pupils’ reasoning; and the pupils’ peers had no real role in this process. | Paragraph D;
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| 13 | peers | it was subsequently proposed that interpersonal conflict, especially with peers, might play an important role in promoting cognitive change | Paragraph D;
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