Ideally We Should Engage Students in Authentic Problem-Solving Activities as Often

Multiple Choice

Ideally we should engage students in authentic problem-solving activities as often as possible.When such activities are logistically impossible or impractical, the most "authentic" alternative is probably:

A) telling colourful anecdotes about how people have solved problems in the local community.
B) presenting computer simulations of real-world problems.
C) giving verbal descriptions of problems (e.g., mathematical "word problems") .
D) assigning readings about how experts have solved real-world problems.