What factors place a student at risk for school failure?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Answer should include any of the risk factors outlined in figure 5.3 of the textbook. These include abuse and neglect, homelessness, alcohol and substance abuse factors, family poverty, teenage pregnancy, etc.
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If you were Tyler's teacher, what strategies might you use to accommodate his special needs?
What will be an ideal response?
The extent to which the independent variable is implemented as planned is called
a. Treatment integrity b. Procedural fidelity c. Experimental control d. Both A and B e. Both A and C
What are the three components of developmentally appropriate practices?
What will be an ideal response?
Ashley believes that Prof. Lion, her professor, is always picking on her and criticizing her presentations much more harshly than those of her classmates. All this makes her pretty anxious and angry in his class. What course of action would be best for her to take?
a. Talk to her professor so that he would change his behavior, and be less critical of her performance. She should also remind him that he should treat all his students the same way. b. Change her interpretation of the professor's behavior – for example, he criticizes her more because he expects more of her c. Try to survive this one semester by suppressing her anger as much as she can, and then move on with her life d. Discuss her positive feelings with the professor, such as how much she likes his lectures and hopefully that will change his behavior.