In an experiment, one group of students was encouraged to see that a "piece" of parallelogram could be "moved" to create a rectangle, while the other group memorized the height times base formula.The results of the experiment demonstrated that
A)the discovery learning group performed better on the unusual problems.
B)the rote learning group performed better on the unusual problems.
C)both groups performed exceptionally well on the unusual problems.
D)both groups performed poorly on the unusual problems.

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The experiment tested the effectiveness of discovery learning versus rote learning in solving unusual problems. The results showed that the group encouraged to see the movement of parallelogram pieces performed better on the unusual problems than the group that memorized the formula. Therefore, choice A is the best answer as it reflects the finding that the discovery learning group performed better.

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