If you were a junior high school teacher, what strategies might you use to make new students feel more comfortable and secure?
What will be an ideal response?
Following are examples of possible strategies:
• Create opportunities in which students can form new friendships (e.g., have assigned seats, incorporate cooperative learning activities into weekly activities).
• Spend a little one-on-one time with each student.
• Scaffold students' efforts at skills that may not have been expected in elementary school
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After a conference, one of the most important aids for future conferences is for the teacher to
A) seek clarification B) redirect questions C) reflect on how well he or she communicated D) none of the above
Five-year-old René is easily frustrated and loses control of her emotions. She often comes to school hungry or inappropriately dressed for the weather. You might reasonably suspect that René's parents exhibit a(n) _______ parenting style
a. permissive b. uninvolved c. authoritative d. authoritarian
Though virtual schools propose that these can be effective, some science organizations object to them as poor substitutes for "the real thing."
A) virtual manipulatives B) distance education courses C) distance mentors D) virtual science labs
Can naturalistic observation occur in a contrived setting?
What will be an ideal response?