There are several excellent techniques for informal diagnosis of mathematical skills, including error patterns, task analysis, and student verbalization. Which of the following is not an advantage of these methods?

a. They subdivide and expand concepts and skills assessed on more formal measures.
b. They are commercially made, which means that no teacher preparation is required.
c. They help the teacher determine the focus of instruction
d. They help the teacher pinpoint precise difficulties.


b

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Language that lends itself well to teaching past, present, and future includes words such as:

a. can, tell, record b. mine, his, ours c. later, next, after d. for, because, then

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In what ways is literacy instruction top-down, bottom-up, or interactionist?

What will be an ideal response?

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The generality of research findings in applied behavior analysis is assessed, established, and specified through

a. Verification of baseline logic b. Replication c. Social validation d. External validity

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As he is learning English, 7-year-old Sergei often makes grammatical mistakes such as saying "my dog brown" instead of "My brown dog." Sergei is having difficulty with the:

a) phonological system b) syntactic system c) semantic system d) pragmatic system

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