A teacher, Rachael, has a new class of children aged six years. She wants the children to help each other more often in the classroom and asks you for advice. Outline the advice you would give to Rachael, using your knowledge of the study by Yamamoto et al. (chimpanzee helping).

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2019). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [1] Rachael could set up a game where two children have to work together to solve a task;
2. [1] One child could have tools necessary to solve the whole task;
3. [1] The other child needs to request the correct tool to solve the task/only one tool will help solve it;
4. [1] The children need to work together to use the correct tools to solve the task;
5. [1] Rachael should give a reward to the children when they solve it;
6. [1] She could give a reward to the child who solved it then swap the children over;
7. [1] She can encourage children to ask for help;
8. [1] She could allow the children to get familiar with the classroom/equipment to use;