Define readiness and explain what the controversy is concerning the term readiness
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Answers will vary, but should include: Readiness is commonly used to describe an end point that is reached during a certain age or stage, which then enables children to progress to the next level. The meaning of the term readiness is socially constructed and has changed from letting children get ready through the typical course of development with adult support and guidance to making them ready. In different cultures and communities the word may have different meanings. It is deeply ingrained in the American Culture and would be difficult to get rid of, but it would be helpful for adults to come to a consensus on what it means.
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a. to create equity across schools and classrooms b. to define the content that will be assessed and which schools will be held accountable c. to define what all teachers should teach d. to ensure student grade level proficiency in math, reading, and science
The current IDEA definition of intellectual disabilities includes three major components. They are
a. significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, concurrent deficits in adaptive behavior, poor language skills b. significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, poor language skills that are manifested during the developmental period c. significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, deficits in adaptive behavior that are manifested during the developmental period d. poor language abilities, deficits in adaptive behavior that are manifested during the developmental period
A definition for algebra is
a. repeating patterns b. a study of patterns c. growing patterns d. relationships
Other things being equal, which child is most likely to have come from a home in which parents use an authoritative parenting style?
a. Rhoda is anxious and unhappy. b. Margaret is impulsive and disobedient. c. Frank is well-behaved and self-confident. d. Patrick is selfish and unmotivated.