What processes can teachers use to ensure that books used within the classroom environment are nonbiased?

What will be an ideal response?


Teachers need to check illustrations for stereotypes and look for tokenism. The storyline should be checked for bias in terms of problem solving or the treatment of individuals. The lifestyles represented should also be examined, determining whether people are living diverse lifestyles in absence of negative value judgments.

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Small group experiences, like creative drama, provide an opportunity for children to:

A. Interact and communicate to create a community of ideas. B. Gain skills in negotiating and collaborating. C. Listen and adjust to the response of others. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.

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Which of the following offers an app-based alternative to the Livescribe pen, which allows students take both written and auditory notes?

a. Evernote b. Google drive c. Brainscape d. Study Blue

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The primary goal that “All children in America will start school ready to learn” was established by

a. the National Education Goals Panel Report. b. the No Child Left Behind Act. c. Lau v. Nichols. d. the Action of Excellence Report.

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Young children hold rigid stereotypes of what it means to be male or female

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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