The example in Chapter 8 with students changing the scale on a graphing calculator emphasizes which mathematical idea?
a. Graphing absolute value functions.
b. Labeling axes.
c. Using a straightedge.
d. Plotting points.
e. None of these.
B
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A) an electronic library of information.? B) ?a passing novelty. C) ?a limited collection of internal resources on a topic. D) ?estimated to replace libraries by 2020.
Which of the following is NOT a rationale for using games in the mathematics classroom?
a. Games have the potential to develop conceptual ideas. b. Games are engaging. c. Games require relatively little preparation time. d. Games play into the interests of students. e. Games are often enjoyable to students.
In the study of Latino immigrant youth by Katz, what is the main reason the students perceived their teachers to racist?
A. The students' poor academic achievement in elementary school. B. Poor home environments characterized by poverty and gang violence. C. School structure based on tracking, resegregation, and standardized tests. D. The school's emphasis on language maintenance programs. E. All of the above.
Reading specialists know that
A. because of the importance of recall in study tasks with informational texts, students should be discouraged from using text look-backs. B. critical reading concepts, though important, are more difficult to grasp than other higher-level comprehension understandings and, thus, should be introduced after students have demonstrated adequate control of general comprehension tasks. C. metacognitive monitoring is a term that may be used synonymously with metacognitive planning. D. to help students read different types of content area material (e.g., social studies, science, math), different teaching strategies may be necessary because texts for different subject areas have different kinds of characteristics.