Name 5 of the ways teams may increase effectiveness according to the text
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Ways for teams to increase effectiveness:
• Establish a team name and motto
• Build ownership and enthusiasm
• Spend time together in productive ways as they show care and concern for one another and for students
• Come to consensus on a philosophy, and then publicize and teach according to that philosophy
• Take advantage of opportunities to alter their schedule within flexible blocks of time
• Group and regroup students for instruction
• Work together to accomplish all the items on their ever-growing, ever-changing agenda
• Meet with students and confer with parents as a unit
• Plan curriculum together and make connections among concepts and topics as they use varied instructional strategies
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In the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP), there is a strong statement that early childhood teachers should:
A. “Recognize that self-regulatory, linguistic, cognitive, and social benefits are obtained from young children participating in high-quality play.” B. Insure that play is eliminated from the early childhood curriculum. C. “Scaffold and model aspects of rich, mature play.” D. Both A and C. E. All of the above.
A teacher would give students a study guide before they read if she wanted to
a. test their comprehension. b. guarantee they read the entire assignment. c. support their search for important information and ideas. d. assign a grade for homework completion.
Define reciprocal teaching and describe each of its four steps.
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As children engage in manipulative activities, they should be encouraged to gather and organize their data. What is the four-step process suggested by Van de Walle and colleagues (2013)?
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