Explain why it is important for general classroom teachers to be knowledgeable about assistive technologies.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary and include: All children and youth with disabilities have the right to free, appropriate public education. Since the IDEA reauthorization in 1990, the main approach to serving the needs of students with special needs is to include them in general classrooms as much as possible. 95% of students with disabilities are in regular schools and 60% of those students are in general education classrooms. Thus, most teachers will need to identify and work to support students with special needs.
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Recent reports have suggested that children who play soccer may sustain brain injury resulting from repeated hits to the head by the soccer ball. What methodology would you recommend to investigate the claim that children who play soccer have more brain injuries?
a. An experimental study in which one group plays soccer for a semester and a second comparable group plays basketball and then the groups are compared for the number of brain injuries. b. An ex post facto study, which compares brain injuries for two pre-existing groups one who has played soccer and another group who has been in a sport like swimming where they were not routinely hit in the head. c. A survey of parents whose children have played soccer.
Using a strategy like preview and predict or asking questions before reading helps students do what?
What will be an ideal response?
An inborn error of metabolism that makes infants unable to process galactose, resulting in a variety of physical problems in addition to intellectual disabilities; dietary intervention reduces potential for problems.
a. rubella b. acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) c. phenylketonuria (PKU) d. galactosemia
Time spent in the natural world has been associated with all of the following outcomes EXCEPT
A. more effective problem solving. B. creating positive social relations with peers. C. a desire to protect the natural environment. D. reviving the ability to focus attention.