A fourth-grade teacher approaches you seeking ways to motivate his students to read their social studies text. Identify and describe three specific approaches he could use to stimulate his students' interest in reading their content-area materials.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Among the approaches that can be used are the following: read-alouds and interactive read-aloudsanalogies to current eventspersonal anecdotesstorytelling related to the topics coveredgames related to the contentsustained silent reading of self-selected, content related books.
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Research on effective teaching might suggest that reform projects include a focus on
a. organization of content. b. parental support. c. classroom management. d. standardized achievement test scores.
Which of the following is a problem of the comparative approach?
a. different studies utilize different methodologies b. attributing human-like characteristics to animals c. interpreting imitative behavior as evidence of inferring goals d. all of the above are problems
Self-Regard is the:
a. ability of an individual to monitor his or her thoughts b. the drive to act c. the roles an individual carries out in relationships with others d. the levels of competence that an individual believes he or she has attained in each of the roles he or she holds
A grounded theory researcher identifies a phrase mentioned by a participant in a study. This phrase is then used by the researcher as a category in the research study. This phrase is considered to be what type of code?
a. An open code b. An axial code c. An in vivo code d. A category code