You notice that a school health nurse is teaching the children to wash their hands using a nontoxic powder that lights up under a black light. The nurse sprinkles the powder on the children's hands and later shows them by using the black light that they have put these "germs" on their faces and everywhere they have touched. The students wash their hands and see if they made the germs disappear. Which of the following reasons best represents the most important rationale for why the school nurse teaches hand washing by this method instead of giving a talk?

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Physically involving the children in the learning process, as with the glow-powder method for teaching hand washing, increases their understanding and retention of the information. This hands-on approach makes the concept of germ transmission and the importance of hand washing more tangible and memorable.

You Notice That a School Health Nurse Is Teaching the Children