答案第1页,共20页 专题07 时文完形填空-学校生活 1. 【导语】这是一篇说明文。通过研究者的研究以及教育家的实验证明了教别人是一种有效的学****方式。 重点词汇:assuming假设;inspiration灵感;sibling兄弟姊妹;fruitful有成效的;concept概念; For thousands of years, people have known that the best way to understand a concept is to explain it to others. “While we teach, we ____1____ ,” said Roman philosopher Seneca. Now scientists are bringing this ancient wisdom up-to-date. They’re ____2____ why teaching is such a fruitful way to learn. Researchers have found that students who teach others work harder to ____3____ the material, and apply it more ____4____. Student teachers score higher on tests than pupils who’re learning only for themselves. But how can children, ____5____ learning themselves, teach others? One answer: They can teach younger kids. Some studies have found that first-born children are more ____6____ than their later-born siblings (兄弟姐妹). This suggests their higher IQs result from the time they spend teaching their siblings. Now educators are experimenting with ways to ____7____ this model to schoolwork. They engage college undergraduates to teach computer science to high school students, who then ____8____ instruct middle school students on the topic. But the most cutting-edge tool is the teachable “agent”— a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a real-world ____9____. Computer scientists have created an animated (动画的) figure called Betty’s Brain, who has been “taught”about science by middle school students. Student teachers are motivated to help Betty _____10_____ certain materials. While preparing to teach, they organize their knowledge and improve their understanding. And as they explain the information to it, they identify problems in their own _____11_____. Feedback from the teachable agent _____12_____ improves the teachers’ learning. The agents’ questions drive student teachers to think and explain the materials in different _____13_____ , and watching the agent solve problems allow