Bill Is Having Considerable Difficulty Remembering Names,terms,and Facts in His

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Bill is having considerable difficulty remembering names,terms,and facts in his American History class.On the last exam,he identified General Sherman as a Vietnam War hero,and Saigon as the capitol of Japan.Historical dates are so confusing to him that he does not even try to remember them.The result is that,although he typically does satisfactorily on essay questions (he purposely leaves out any names that he is uncertain about and always omits dates) ,his scores are extremely low on objective items such as multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank items.Given this scenario,answer the following items:
-If Bill wants to begin memorizing specific historical events,what strategy would prove to be most useful?

A) Distributed practice
B) Figurative learning
C) Metacognitive differentiation
D) Procedural memory