Evaluate the importance of asking students to engage in critical thinking.
What will be an ideal response?
Given the tendency to focus on rote learning in schools, critical thinking encourages and expands thinking and enables learners to consider new possibilities.
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All of the following are recommendations made by the Committee of Ten EXCEPT
A) high school should consist of grades 9-12. B) courses should be arranged sequentially. C) students should be given very few electives in high school. D) one Carnegie unit should be awarded for each separate course that a student takes each year.
Authentic assessment, or performance based assessment, can be a way to reduce bias when determining a student’s
cognitive or language abilities. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which one of these students has a performance-approach goal?
a. Frank finds a homework assignment too easy to waste his time on. b. Herb frequently asks questions in class in order to understand the information better. c. Selena decides to enter the school science fair in hopes of impressing her teacher, classmates, and parents. d. Rita was disappointed by her last test score in math. Realizing that people learn from their mistakes, she decides to study harder for the next test using different study strategies.
Students without a home computer connected to the Internet are still likely to have access to Internet technologies via mobile devices
A. TRUE B. FALSE