You have been asked to serve on a committee charged with providing a school district with advice on how to build the most effective school that will have the most effective teachers. What specific advice on these two topics would you provide to this committee?
What will be an ideal response?
Researchers have identified a number of characteristics of schools where students typically succeed. (1) Staff and students alike understand that academic excellence is the primary goal of the school and of every student in the school. (2) The school climate is safe and nurturing. (3) Parents are involved. (4) Progress of students, teachers, and programs is monitored. Students tend to learn the most when teachers (1) Manage the classroom effectively so that they can devote most of their time to instruction. (2) Believe that they are responsible for their students' learning and that their students will learn when taught well. (3) Emphasize mastery of topics. (4) Teach actively. (5) Payd careful attention to pacing. (6) Value tutoring. (7) teach students techniques for monitoring and managing their own learning.
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In 1909, Freud ____.?
a. ?completed his self-analysis b. ?developed the concept of the thanatos c. ?received an honorary doctorate in psychology from Clark University d. ?expelled Jung from his circle of associates e. ?was diagnosed as having cancer
What do schools, churches, and governments all have in common?
A) They are all secular institutions. B) They are all less important today than in the past. C) They are all social institutions. D) They function only at the macro level.
Which of the following is a form of self-promotion?
A. entitlement B. conspicuous consumption C. ingratiation D. opinion conformity
When children understand that rolling a ball of clay into a "snake" does not increase the amount of clay or that pouring liquid from a tall, narrow glass into a shallow dish does not reduce the amount of liquid, the children have mastered
a. animism. b. object permanence. c. conservation. d. egocentrism.