You are talking with a third-grade teacher who says, "My students are not motivated to read and there is not much I can do about it." How do you respond?
a. Teachers can foster motivation by implementing a point system in which students earn points for each book they read. The points can then be exchanged for rewards.
b. Teachers can foster motivation by requiring students to read books that are carefully selected by the teacher.
c. Teachers can foster motivation by planning activities that offer such things as choice, challenge, and authenticity.
d. She is correct because teachers cannot foster motivation since it is intrinsic to each student.
c
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A _______________ _______________ _______________is teachable and learnable over multiple years and grades.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Harvard Family Research Project (2008) found that after-school programming can be very beneficial to children. Prove this statement
What will be an ideal response?
A 4-year-old teacher cuts out black & red circles and ovals and glues them together to create a ladybug. She then cuts out more identical shapes and gives each child the circles and ovals needed to recreate the lady bug. This approach to teaching art is
referred to as a. a child-centered approach. b. developmentally appropriate approach. c. teacher-centered approach. d. art-centered approach.
Autoharps can be:
a) Strummed by the teacher while a child plays the chords b) Made from oatmeal boxes c) Strummed with picks, not fingers d) Played to accompany singing