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Praxis II Early Education Content Knowledge

Category - Social Studies

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An elementary teacher presents the class with three different statements about a social studies topic gathered from the internet. She tells them that only one of the statements is true and asks the students to conduct their own research on the topic to decide which statement is correct. What is the importance of the teacher’s activity?
  1. To teach the need to effectively use research material in social studies
  2. To teach that the internet is not always accurate
  3. To teach how to draw conclusions from gathered information
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: D - By asking the students to figure out which of the three statements is accurate, the teacher is teaching the need to effectively use research material in social studies. She is also teaching that the internet is not always accurate. By conducting their own research on the topic, the students can draw conclusions about the information and determine which statement is accurate.
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