Given below are two statements: Statement I: The goal of reciprocal teaching…
2023
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The goal of reciprocal teaching is to help students understand and think deeply about what they have read.
Statement II: Adaptive teaching provides all students with challenging instruction and uses supports when needed but removes these supports as students become able to handle more on their own.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true — CONCEPTReciprocal teaching and adaptive teaching are learner-support approaches with different mechanisms. Reciprocal teaching makes comprehension strategies…
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- C.
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- D.
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
CONCEPT
Reciprocal teaching and adaptive teaching are learner-support approaches with different mechanisms. Reciprocal teaching makes comprehension strategies visible through structured dialogue; adaptive teaching preserves challenging goals while adjusting scaffolds to learners’ current needs.
APPLICATION
Statement I describes the comprehension and metacognitive purpose of reciprocal teaching. Learners predict, question, clarify, and summarize so that they actively construct meaning from a text. Statement II describes adaptive teaching: the learning goal remains challenging, support is supplied when needed, and that support is gradually withdrawn as learners become more independent.
CONTRAST
“Both statements are false” overlooks the established comprehension purpose of reciprocal teaching and the responsive-scaffolding principle of adaptive teaching.
“Statement I is true but Statement II is false” correctly recognizes reciprocal teaching but treats adaptive support as if it were fixed rather than responsive.
“Statement I is false but Statement II is true” recognizes responsive scaffolding but misses the comprehension and metacognitive purpose of reciprocal teaching.
RESULT
Both Statement I and Statement II are true.