Collaboration between teachers can occur in both formal and informal settings
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Parent involvement has been demonstrated to be related to higher grades and test scores, improved academic performance, teacher morale, and enhanced reputation of the school in the community
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Mr. Zhao, a veteran teacher with 20 years of experience, says to you, "There is just no hope for these kids today. They're disrespectful and non-compliant, and they have terrible attitudes. When I try to tell them to stop yakking and get busy, they become resentful, and when I tell them not to get snippy with me, they get even angrier." Since you are a good classroom manager, you think to yourself,
a. It sounds as though Mr. Zhao is taking an authoritarian approach with a student population who finds that sort of control to be offensive and almost abusive. b. Mr. Zhao has apparently gotten a really difficult group of students, and the school administration should be investigating ways to move students around so there are fewer problems in his class. c. Most of the students probably have a behavioral, emotional, or cognitive disability. I'll bet Mr. Zhao went through his teacher education program long before they taught teachers how to address those issues. d. Mr. Zhao thinks that he's being firm, but the students don't perceive it that way. Their parents probably yell at them and get right in their faces until the students comply. Mr. Zhao should attempt to discipline them in the ways that are familiar to them.
When Calvin, a second-grade student, read a Jigsaw Jones mystery story and compared it to an Encyclopedia Brown story, he was making a
a) text-to-self connection. b) text-to-world connection. c) text-to-text connection. d) text-to-teacher connection.
According to White (1971) and others, the mothers of competent children
a. ?created a safe physical environment at home. b. ?did not provide interesting things for their children to manipulate. c. ?were not tolerant of messes or accidents. d. ?used distraction only if their children were over age 1 year.