The zone of proximal development
a. outlines the topics that students can read about at different ages.
b. describes the range within students can learn at a particular time in development.
c. is an instructional technique that applies only to reading.
d. suggests that learning is not a social phenomenon.
B. describes the range within students can learn at a particular time in development.
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A) achievement tests (standardized) use multiple choice items that generally test at lower levels of cognitive complexity B) the diversity of responses expected from divergent questions may prohibit large amounts of class time devoted to divergent questioning C) the content best suited for teaching higher order behaviors constitutes only a small amount of the content in existing texts D) convergent questions are more effective than divergent in testing higher order thinking
A teacher who holds an expectation that a child will do well will likely produce higher academic achievement in that student than a teacher who expects that child to do poorly.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a systematic way of monitoring student progress, providing additional support for struggling students, and using data on student progress to inform instructional decisions. It can be carried out ______.
a. in all grades b. in early childhood grades only c. in K–6 classrooms only d. in classroom with students with IEPs only
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A social psychologist would like to examine the relationship between personal appearance and authority. A special questionnaire is prepared which requires very careful attention to instructions in order to fill it in correctly. Three random samples of college students are obtained. For the first group, the psychologist dresses very casually (blue jeans and T-shirt) when the questionnaire is administered. For the second sample, the psychologist wears a suit, and for the third sample, the psychologist wears a very “scientific” laboratory coat. The psychologist records the number of errors made by each individual while completing the questionnaire. These data are as follows: Blue Jeans Suit Lab Coat 4 2 1 5 4 2 4 1 1 7 3 2 4 2 2