All of the following have been criticisms of elementary social studies textbooks except:
a. Social studies textbooks tend to avoid controversy
b. The writing in social studies textbooks can be dull
c. The presentation of complex ideas is not always coherent
d. Social studies textbooks have poor visual aids, like timelines, maps, and illustrations.
d
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A misconception of multicultural education is that
a. it is a broad concept and can include differences based on gender, sexual orientation, exceptionalities, class, religion and age. b. it seeks total school reform, so that all aspects of schools reflect our national diversity. c. it is only for schools with high numbers of ethnic minority students or schools with racial tension. d. its major goal is to eliminate racism and other forms of social oppression found in schools.
The strongest factor in successfully learning English as a second language is
A) ?speaking English at home. B) ?bilingual education. C) ?cooperative learning groups. D) ?high motivation.
When teaching vocabulary to all learners, what two strategies are recommended?
a. semantic mapping and cloze procedures b. semantic mapping and graphic organizers c. semantic feature analysis and semantic mapping d. dialogue journals and semantic feature analysis
Performing at least 1 standard deviation below the mean on a standardized intelligence test is referred to as
A. mentally retarded B. subaverage general intellectual functioning C. adaptive deficits D. intellectually challenged