A variety of discipline-specific professional organizations have developed context area standards (e.g., Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards) that educators might apply in identifying instructional objectives for a classroom or school district. Three of the following are accurate statements about these standards. Which one is not necessarily true?
a. They represent the joint efforts of many experts in a particular subject area.
b. Many of them can be found on the websites of the organizations that have developed them.
c. Research has clearly and convincingly shown them to be appropriate for the cognitive capabilities of students at different ages.
d. They tend to omit important objectives outside of a particular discipline—for instance, good study habits or effective interpersonal skills.
c
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a. "The biggest problem I have as a new teacher is making sure I know and understand the material I am going to teach to my students." b. "Classroom management comes naturally to most new teachers." c. "I have several students with serious and ongoing behavior problems on my roll, and they make managing the classroom challenging." d. "My school principal doesn't really consider classroom management as she is assessing teachers' performance."
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year? a. goal b. long-term goal c. short-term goal d. specific goal
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a) write in your resume that you will work for less pay than any other job applicant. b) tell the employer in an interview that you will work longer hours than anyone else wanting the job. c) inform the employer that you can do anything he or she wants done. d) convince the employer that you will bring more value to the company than you will cost it.