Ms. Gentry took her tenth-grade biology students to the Horticulture Garden. The students were able to observe and classify a wide variety of exotic plants. Students in her class are likely to remember the names and characteristics of those plants because of
A. automaticity.
B. context.
C. meta-
D. retrieval.
Answer:B
Ms. Gentry took her tenth-grade biology students to the Horticulture Garden. The students were able to observe and classify a wide variety of exotic plants. Students in her class are likely to remember the names and characteristics of those plants because of
A. automaticity. B. context. C. meta- D. retrieval.
Explanation: B) Context represents the physical environment and our emotional states. It is learned together (associated) with other information. Learning the names of plants in a realistic setting, such as Ms. Gentry’s class is in, should provide contextual cues to facilitate memory of the names.