Ms. Jackson begins her elementary class by showing the students an array of circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. She asks students to name the different items they see. She then asks students to come up with a name for the group of items that is representative of them all. As students offer possibilities, she goes through each item asking the class if the item belongs to the suggested category. What has Ms. Jackson asked the class to do?

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This teacher has asked students to generate specific assumptions or predictions about what the concept is so they can be tested in order to determine their accuracy.

Ms Jackson Begins Her Elementary Class by Showing the Students