Describe effective practices for using grouping to address student differences in elementary and secondary education.
What will be an ideal response?
For within-class grouping in elementary school, the answers should emphasize adaptation of instruction to meet the needs of students, use of many small groups rather than fewer large groups, and change of group placement frequently to avoid sustaining expectations. In high school, they should focus on eliminating remedial focus of lower tracks, emphasize high expectations and higher level thinking skills for all students.
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a. most states require ongoing professional development. b. certificates are issued for specific time periods. c. certificates limit a teacher to teaching specific subjects and ages. d. the requirements for certification vary by applicant.
What kind of variable is IQ, measured by a standard IQ test?
A. Nominal B. Continuous C. Categorical D. Discrete
An example of cultural deficit theory implicit in daily discourse is the claim that
A. the reason that poor children of some minority groups do not succeed in school is that their families do not support academic success. B. poor and minority children often have low IQs. C. the schools have failed to respond to the cultural backgrounds of children from some minority groups. D. the interaction between school culture and children's home culture is not supporting school success for some children.
The difference between a topic and a thesis statement is that
A) a topic is a point of view on the thesis statement. B) the thesis statement always comes before the topic when writing the paper. C) a thesis statement assumes a position that you are ready to defend. D) the topic appears in the first draft and the thesis statement in the revised drafts. E) the topic appears in the working outline and the thesis in the brainstorming.