Which of the following examples best illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?
a. A person who quits the baseball team after learning that you must wear extremely tight, nylon pants.
b. A child who changes her scheme of "all snakes are poisonous and deadly" after easily surviving a bite from
a common grass snake.
c. A woman who, after being stuck on an elevator, decides that all cable-driven devices are unsafe.
d. A student who learns that opossums can hang from tree branches by their tail and therefore adds opossums to her scheme of animals with prehensile tails.
d
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Of the following strategies for dealing with teacher burnout, which is most consistent with the idea of being a reflective practitioner?
a. seeking out a mentor b. seeking professional help c. keeping a journal d. joining new-teacher networks e. All of these answers.
Organization of a school to incorporate curricula and instructional practices that are specifically designed to meet the needs of the young adolescent is the
(a) magnet school concept (b) middle school concept (c) school-within-a-school concept (d) concept of community service learning (e) concept of the International Baccalaureate School
Benjamin loved to dump the blocks out of a basket. What could a care teacher provide that would most likely build on Benjamin's learning about and interest in spatial relationships?
a. Lots of outdoor time b. More time with a care teacher c. More blocks to use d. Different sizes of containers and objects
To provide a good and reliable assessment of children's mastery of the curriculum, portfolios should
A) Focus on a single subject at multiple times during the school year B) Focus on the child's best work (e.g. ability at the end of the year) inmany subjects C) Be organized according to the programs stated instructional goals D) None of the above are important in designing a good portfolio