Why would a beginning learner have a preoccupation with being "right" while reading and writing?
What will be an ideal response?
A beginning learner is becoming more aware of how letters and sounds work, and with developing comprehension comes a growing awareness that there are rules to how letters and sounds work. He or she is losing the "anything goes" type of reading and writing and growing into the idea that he or she can use strategies to work through reading and writing difficulty.
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One of the following statements about instructional units is NOT true. Which is the false statement?
(a) Units of instruction may vary in time duration. (b) Summative evaluation is assessment that occurs throughout a unit of study. (c) Although there are certain basic ingredients, formats for teaching units may vary. (d) Culminating activities to a unit of study are those that bring together what has been learned during the study.
Mrs. Wright has been teaching for 15 years. She is one of the best first grade teachers at Lincoln Elementary. She often gets pulled from her classroom by the principal to help her in different capacities. When parents want to talk with Mrs. Wright after school, she often tells them that she can't talk with them because she has to go to a meeting. When parents approach her in the mornings
regarding when to set up a time to speak, Mrs. Wright tells them that she can't talk with them because she has to start class. Most parents like Mrs. Wright but there are some that are worried about their child's academic performance. The above example best describes which of the following parent roadblocks roles to communication? a. sympathizing counselor role b. pass the buck role c. protect the empire role d. busy teacher role
Describe what IQ tests measure and contrast individually administered and group-administered tests.
What will be an ideal response?
Ms. Stilton is teaching a history unit on the American Civil War. In some lessons she requires students to engage in debate where they have to compare and contrast points of view and evaluate the arguments of those on each side of the conflict. In other lessons, students are given novel tasks, including creating a model of a key battlefield and writing diary entries of Abraham Lincoln at key periods during the war. Finally, she has students apply their knowledge to real situations, such as describing what lessons from the war might be relevant to resolving problems seen in the world today. It is most likely that the teacher is _____.
a. teaching for successful intelligence b. targeting student linguistic intelligence c. teaching for multiple intelligences d. using a two-factor theory of intelligence