What advantages exist for students with severe visual impairments or blindness who choose to attend a special school?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Answers should discuss the fact that special schools can offer a curriculum more specifically designed for the needs of students with visual impairments that more carefully integrates functional needs (such as orientation and mobility training) with the academic curriculum. Special schools are also able to provide a greater variety of assistive technology options for students to use and explore. Finally, special schools offer community building through a shared experience and social identity.
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Instructors of the 21st century must ask the following in integrating technology into practice:
a. How can I integrate all new technologies into my classroom to keep up with innovation? b. How can I harness the potential of technology to make learning more efficient, effective, and engaging for all students? c. How can I adjust my instructional goals to make the use of new gadgets in the classroom seem to be aligned with state standards and key learning objectives? d. How can I integrate technologies that primarily support the high achievers in my classroom?
Sunshine School has a school store. Students may not use money to buy items in the store. They use Spirit Bucks that they earn by following school and classroom rules and procedures. What type of reinforcement system does the Sunshine School use?
a. primary reinforcers b. token economy c. differential reinforcement d. all of the above
What theory(s) allow a classroom culture to access prior knowledge, use tools to build knowledge?
A) Zone of proximal development (ZPD). B) Sociobehaviorist. C) Constructivist. D) Sociocognivist.