Six Facets of Understanding
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What facets of understanding do the following situations use? Explain.
1. Prepare and deliver a speech to persuade people to take actions to protect the environment. What facets of understanding does this assessment address?
2. Write a computer program in Basic that will sort a list of words alphabetically. What facets of understanding does this assessment address?
3. Write a letter to a friend describing what might be an astronaut s dream. What facets of understanding does this assessment address? Explain reasons for the answer.
4. A seventh grade class is maintaining a journal about their service learning experience related to the environment. What facets of understanding does this assessment address?
5. After studying a unit on Insects, a sixth grade class visits an insect museum. Upon their return, the students are assigned a group assignment on life cycle of various insects. What facets of understanding does this assessment address?
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Six facets of understanding usage in five different scenarios.
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1. Prepare and deliver a speech to persuade people to take actions to protect the environment. What facets of understanding does this assessment address?
Explain and empathize because the speech will have to explain the reasons people should take actions to protect the environment and to persuade people the speaker must empathize to let the people know that he/she understands what the people might find strange, foreign, or unbelievable to show sensitivity to their beliefs and try to persuade them to understand his/her point of view.
2. Write a ...
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