What direct instruction vocabulary strategies (previously introduced in this book) could be applied to teaching content area vocabulary?
What will be an ideal response?
Teaching through examples, teaching through synonyms, teaching through definitions, locating the meaning in a dictionary or glossary, using context clues.
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Before Kevin began reading, he opened his notebook and put a line down the middle of the page. At the top of the page he wrote "Three Branches of the Federal Government." On the left-hand side of the paper he wrote facts and ideas he knew about the topic. After reading he wrote in facts and ideas he learned from reading the passage. This name of this strategy is
A) first-person summaries? B) ?two-column note-taking C) ?prewriting D) ?double-entry journal
The textbook suggests that the effects of peer pressure have been overrated. Three of the following are factors that ameliorate, or "soften," the potential effects of peer pressure. Which statement is not necessarily accurate?
a. Students may give an outward impression of acting "cool" or "going along with the crowd" while secretly behaving in accordance with their own standards. b. Students tend to hang out with peers whose values and interests are similar to their own. c. Students retain some of the values they have acquired from their families. d. Most adolescents have developed abstract moral principles that guide their daily decision making.
A teacher found that students concentrated for longer in class if the teachers wore purple. She had a sample size of 48 and a p-value of 0.20. Does the teacher recommend that all teachers start wearing purple?
A. Yes, because the sample has low confidence levels. B. No, because the sample size is large and therefore the p-values are accurate. C. Yes, because statistical significance has nothing to do with sample size. D. No, because the sample size is small and p-values are easily affected by sample size.
One component of evaluating a topic’s potential for study is ______.
A. the time commitment required B. the researcher’s age C. the potential for later funding D. the potential assistance from others