alleryFor which tasks is direct instruction efficient compared with discovery?
AHard-to-find procedures
BFree play outdoors
CGroup chat sessions
DDrawing from memory
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Hard-to-find procedures
1. Discovery learners can meet misleading feedback or encoding errors.
2. Direct instruction is efficient for procedures hard to discover alone.
3. Examples are geometry, algebra and computer programming.
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