Describe the benefits of professional development in technology-supported learning
What will be an ideal response?
Professional development of teachers is central to school change. In fact, research shows that teacher quality is the most important variable in student learning (Rodriguez & Knuth, 2000). Teacher improvement can lead to higher student achievement and to systemic changes in schools. In addition, teachers can be refreshed and reenergized by working with peers, solving classroom problems, and learning more effective ways to support the learning of all students.
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Many educators believe external pressures include all except which of the following?
A. parents of students B. board of education C. changing curriculum materials D. business community
A NAEYC curriculum content guideline allows for focus on a particular topic and which of the following?
a. Concept integration b. Literature unit integration c. Subject-matter integration d. Theme integration
Name the five word-learning tasks discussed in the chapter and describe a teaching procedure appropriate for each of them.
What will be an ideal response?
If a student responds well and makes adequate progress at Tier 2, then the student
A. moves to Tier 3. B. continues in Tier 2. C. returns to general education classroom. D. none of the above.