Why is it important for a teacher to be reflective?
What will be an ideal response?
Teachers need to be able to determine whether their goals are being met, to evaluate their goals and methods objectively, and to alter their strategies if their goals are not being met.
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Discuss some of the problems that adults with learning disabilities encounter in meeting the challenges of everyday
life. What will be an ideal response?
Multisystemic treatment has been one of the more effective treatments for conduct disorders because
A. it keeps the family unit together so the child can learn to function in his or her home, school and community. B. it relies on medications that provide powerful chemical control for the child's behavior. C. the child and the child's parents each learn separately how to deal with the problem. D. it recognizes that the source of the problem resides inside the child and not out there in the environment.
Jason is a biology teacher who has noticed that Umae, who has very high standardized test scores, is not doing well in his class. She sits at the back of the room and has minimal interaction with the other students. When it is time to take out the microscopes for observation she always chooses the oldest one that does not function particularly well. Recent research shows that in order to try and
help her performance, the most important thing he can do is to A) make certain that she gets the best microscope. B) assign the student with the highest biology grade to be her partner. C) assist her in developing social relationships with the other students. D) move her to the front where she will feel more at the center of classroom activities.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using formative and summative assessments.
What will be an ideal response?