Skylar, who is in eighth grade, and his class are participating in a nationwide science learning project. Students, business professionals, and scientists from across the country communicate via the Internet. They discuss various ways to solve particular problems that are set in realistic contexts. They also have opportunities to solve real problems, like protecting their local environments
Students are exposed to a variety of viewpoints, new information, and alternate solutions. This is an example of meaningful learning according to which of the following theories?
a. social constructivism
b. identical elements
c. cognitive constructivism
d. doctrine of formal discipline
A
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The right to receive written notification (in parents' native language) of proposed changes to their child's educational classification or placement is a part of which component of PL 94-142?
a. Individualized education program b. Nondiscriminatory assessment c. The least restrictive environment d. Procedural due process
Mr. Davis asks his second graders to conduct experiments to examine the effects of water, sunlight, and type of soil on growing sunflowers. He tells them, "I want you to find out which of these three things–water, sunlight, and soil–affect how well sunflowers grow. Here are lots of sunflower seeds, lots of paper cups to grow them in, and two different types of soil. You can give your growing
plants plenty of sunlight by putting them on the shelf by the window, or you can grow them in a shadier place on the bookshelf behind my desk. And here's a measuring cup you can use to measure the amount of water you give them each day." Mr. Davis is assuming his second graders can do at least two things that, from Piaget's perspective, they probably cannot do. What two crucial abilities necessary for conducting appropriate experiments do his students probably not yet have? Justify your answer in a short paragraph. What will be an ideal response?
A parent of one of your students, Mr. Jones, criticizes the fact that you base your grades partly on students' paper-pencil test scores. You need to defend your use of such tests as a way of evaluating students. Three of the following are appropriate ways you might respond to Mr. Jones's concern. Which statement is not accurate?
A) Your tests provide a way of obtaining systematic samples of your students' performance. B) You have determined that your tests have content validity for the material you cover in class. C) Your tests have been shown to have perfect reliability. D) Using tests is a fairer and more objective way to evaluate students than grading simply on the basis of your subjective impressions.
Instruction adapted to the current developmental stage of the child is called:
a) Developmentally appropriate b) Developmentally accelerated c) Diagnostically aligned d) Adaptive curriculum