What is the difference between proportional and nonproportional base-ten models? Give an example of one manipulative material for each type

What will be an ideal response?


Complete answers will include the following: Proportional materials are materials in which the size of a piece is proportional to its value. In other words, the bigger the piece, the bigger its value with proportional materials. But this is not true with nonproportional materials. Base-ten blocks are an example of a proportional material. Coins are an example of a nonproportional material.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979 linking education and economic development?

a. Robert Reich b. Paul Krugman c. Paul Samuelson d. Adam Smith e. Ted Schultz

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Which of the following is not an assumption used in the BSP process?

A. Behavior has a purpose B. Behavior is unpredictable C. Behavior is related to environmental context D. Replacement behaviors need to have greater value than existing behaviors

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When a teacher decides to withhold positive reinforcement for a previously reinforced response, this is called

A. differential reinforcement. B. negative reinforcement. C. extinction. D. the Premack Principle.

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