A student has done well on a test. Which of the following feedback statements from the teacher would be best, based on the discussion in your text?
a) "You did so well—you really lucked out."
b) "Your definitions were very clear."
c) "Good work, you are still one of the best students."
d) "You're so smart!"
b This type of feedback is effective because it is specific, contingent and credible.
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It is helpful to verify published reports on teacher supply and demand with your own research on local conditions because
a. projections are based on information that changes unpredictably. b. published reports are inherently unreliable. c. local communities sometimes exaggerate the facts in publications to make their community appear more desirable. d. many communities are ignored in the broadly based statistical surveys.
Schools of the 1600s that were typically run for a fee by educated widows or housewives in their own homes, providing initial academic instruction for boys, particularly those from the middle and upper classes, were known as which of the following?
a. Normal schools b. Latin Grammar Schools c. Vernacular Schools d. Dame schools
The use of mentoring programs in schools, either as teacher with beginning teacher or adult with student, would be categorized as what type of intervention?
a. curricular b. instructional c. administrative/conceptual d. social
All of the following suggestions for helping bilingual students are feasible/desirable EXCEPT
a. providing pair and group work in the classroom. b. allowing them to use their primary language with one another. c. requiring them to participate at least once in each class discussion. d. supporting dense text with less demanding supplementary materials.