Think about your temperament profile. Describe your level (low, medium, high) on three dimensions of temperament. Imagine you are working with a child who has the opposite profile on those same dimensions. Explain the strategies you would use to improve goodness-of-fit to enable the child to function effectively
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should refer to up-regulating or down-regulating on the part of the teacher, increasing or decreasing the level of sensory stimulation, guiding the child on effective ways to cope with stimuli, helping the child find words to describe his state, providing opportunities for high levels of activity as well as quiet places, and increasing one's own tolerance for experiences that challenge his or her temperament.
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Open-ended questions may be used in pilot interviews in order to
a. save time. b. facilitate the process of quantifying the results. c. identify the possible alternative responses for closed questions. d. all of these are true.
Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Some people believe there are too many administrators in public schools today. b. There are more administrators in public schools today than there were in 1950. c. There are more administrators today than there were 50 years ago because the complexity of running a school has increased. d. School administrators supervise more employees than do counterparts in health care, transportation and warehousing, and public administration. e. School administrators supervise the fewest number of employees.
Kounin used the term withitness to describe the teacher's ability to transition easily from one
activity to another. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Questionnaires, interview protocols, observational rating scales, and scales that measure specific areas of functioning are examples of which of the following?
a. Emotional/behavioral screenings b. Developmental screenings c. Nonspecific and autism-specific screenings d. Clinical evaluations