Exam 3: How Are Social Studies Inquiry Skills Learned

Observing is a fundamental inquiry skill that involves:

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for doing critical thinking?

Inquiry lessons are likely to require students to use a number of different skills.

Certain attitudes and dispositions promote powerful social studies. These include:

The emotional aspect or implications of a problem often prompt or stimulate the study of a social studies topic. Which of the following is least likely to have been stimulated by concerns that are a part of the affective domain?

When looking for ways to solve a local problem or investigating a historical event, critical thinking skills are also used.

Teachers are able to determine that a student has learned a skill when the student applies the skill in a new situation.

Observations identify characteristics of objects or events through use of one or more of the senses, which is why students are encouraged to observe and handle learning resources.