Vygotsky’s theory about the ZPD means that adults should
a. show infants how to do something new.
b. let babies repeat the same activities until they are well established.
c. see if babies are meeting developmental guidelines.
d. help babies in whatever ways they need to succeed in a new, slightly harder, task than they have tried before.
d
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Mrs. O'Connor assigns a task in math. She does not review prerequisite knowledge and skills. The task requires students to use a formula they learned in a prior unit. Several students struggle with the task. What type of knowledge do they need that they seem to lack?
a. Declarative knowledge b. Conditional knowledge c. Procedural knowledge d. Elaborative knowledge
Defend the statement "Reading ability strongly influences a student's self image and feelings of competency; furthermore, reading failure can lead to misbehavior, anxiety, and lack of motivation." When developing your response to this question, consider the National Center of Education's statistics report of 2007 that states that "approximately 34% of 4th graders read below a basic level of
achievement and only 32% attained a proficient reading achievement level." Propose three recommendations of how you, as a teacher, would change these statistics. What will be an ideal response?
. Wendy is planning a descriptive study of the behavior of teen-age students who are prisoners in juvenile detention facilities. What type of IRB review will her study need?
a. There is no need for the IRB to review the study b. Exempt review c. Expedited review d. Full Board review
What influence has assessment had in uncovering the “achievement gap”?
What will be an ideal response?