Discuss possible roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Answers to this question will vary but should include elements of the following:
Paraprofessionals can take on roles and responsibilities regarding assessment, behavior management, instruction, communication, clerical support, student support, and intrinsic professionalism within the parameters and observance of a certified teacher.
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To find out if visual imagery (i.e., "picturing" things in one's mind) is more effective than verbal repetition in learning French vocabulary words, a French teacher develops two different study guides for her students:
one that tells students how to use visual imagery to learn French words, and one that tells them to just repeat the words over and over. She randomly distributes the two study guides to her students. Over the next few weeks, the teacher finds that students using visual imagery study guides achieve higher average quiz scores. Because all of the students used their given study guides and there was no reason to suspect other differences between the two groups of students, she concludes that the visual imagery study guide helped her students to learn their French vocabulary words more than the other study guide. Is the teacher's conclusion valid for her students? a. No, because she used random assignment b. No, because her experiment wasn't conducted in a laboratory c. Yes, because her students probably all had similar IQ scores d. Yes, because she was able to manipulate a variable in the environment
Research indicates that expert teachers have their students practice routines, such as how to turn in papers, make transitions, and line up for lunch and dismissal, to the point where they can perform the routine essentially without thinking about it. Using the model of human memory as a basis, which of the following is the best explanation for the effectiveness of well-established routines?
a. The routines increase the capacity of sensory memory. b. The routines are forms of declarative knowledge that are encoded into the students' central executive. c. The routines create an improved link between the teacher's and the students' sensory memories and working memories. d. The routines reduce the cognitive load on the teacher's and the students' working memories.
Federal support for education programs, such as the G.I. Bill and the Vocational Education for National Defense Education Act, have served to
A) centralize schools. B) build schools. C) train teachers. D) open education to more people.
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Application of multimedia has enhanced the quality of instruction under which of the following conditions?
a. if the instruction incorporates evidence-based practice b. if the instruction provides appropriate scaffolding opportunities c. if the materials purchased are inexpensive d. if there is little training for use of the materials