Imagine that you teach in a school that is located in a low-socioeconomic status neighborhood. Knowing the effect that socioeconomic status may have on parents' interactions with their children, what would you likely observe with regard to parent-child interactions if you were to visit your students' homes?
What will be an ideal response?
Children in poverty often face problems at home and at school that compromise their learning. A review of the environment of childhood poverty concluded that compared with their economically more-advantaged counterparts, poor children experience the following adversities: more family conflict, violence, chaos, and separation from their families; less social support; less intellectual stimulation; more TV viewing; inferior schools and child-care facilities, as well as parents who are less involved in their school activities; more pollution and crowded, noisy homes; and more dangerous, deteriorating neighborhoods. The schools that children from impoverished backgrounds attend often have fewer resources than schools in higher-income neighborhoods. In low-income areas, students tend to have lower achievement test scores, lower graduation rates, and lower rates of college attendance.
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According to your text, nearly all state child protective services stop foster care payments when a child reaches age ____ years
a. ?12 b. ?16 c. ?18 d. ?21
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Infants born prematurely and with very low birth weight are at risk for having a disability.
Why, according to Johnson (2008), does the connection between theory and practice break down in schools?
a. Because teachers are not willing to work hard enough to translate the theories of education researchers into effective practice. b. Because researchers rarely write or disseminate their research with the day-to-day concerns of teachers in mind. c. Because researchers care too much about advancing their own priorities through the research they conduct. d. Because researchers are not interested in using the jargon preferred by teachers in their own work.
Which of the following is a comprehension strategy used to stimulate interest in a topic in which students respond to key concepts or themes presented in the text that are structured as a series of statements with which the students can choose to agree or disagree.
A) KWL B) Anticipation guide C) Concept web D) Story map