Abagail sees a skunk for the first time and calls it "kitty," because the child has seen kittens many times. The skunk does have some similar characteristics with a kitty, but it is a little different too. Abagail notices that people around her seem afraid of the skunk and back away. She is experiencing which of the following?
A. Accommodation
B. Equilibrium
C. Representation
D. Assimilation
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
If one were looking for the most current statistics on student composition and expenditures of states on schools, one would first look in
a. The Digest of Education Statistics. c. http://nces.ed.gov. b. Online Encyclopedia of Ed Stats. d. All of these answers.
A test was administered to a 4th grade class. The test was developed to take approximately 50 minutes and contained 50 questions, 25 multiple-choice and 25 short answer. The highest grade in the class was below passing. What suggestion for putting together an assessment was ignored in this example?
a. Elementary level students should not take this length of test b. Elementary level students should not be tested with multiple-choice and short answer questions c. The content was not covered in class an appropriate amount d. The directions for taking the test were not clear
What researcher's classic book, A Place Called School, documented that students spend the overwhelming majority of their classroom time passively listening to teacher presentations and explanations?
a. Seymour Sarason b. Seymour Papert c. John Goodlad d. Carol Tomlinson