Research indicates that ability grouping often has negative effects on students placed in low-ability groups, resulting in lower than expected achievement. Which of the following best explains these results?
a. Organizing instruction is more difficult for low-ability students than it is for high-ability students, and as a result, achievement is lowered.
b. Low-ability students are usually more fearful of their teachers, and as a result, achievement is lowered.
c. Teachers tend to have lowered expectations for low-ability students, and as a result, their instructional efforts are lowered.
d. Teachers of low-ability students tend to have less access to materials that enhance learning, and as a result, achievement is lowered.
c
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What will be an ideal response?
If a student refuses to acknowledge that a behavior is problematic, or to otherwise engage in the problem solving process after repeated attempts to involve her, the teacher should
a. confront the student with the logical consequences of the behavior and explain why their implementation will be necessary. b. require the student to sit apart from the classroom and complete a behavior reflection form before she will be allowed to return to the group. c. administer consequences for the defiance as well as for the initial misbehavior. d. provide the student with a plan for behavior change and ask her to consider following it.
Which theorist considered play the "work" of childhood?
A. Erikson B. Piaget C. Freud D. Skinner