Melinda wants to help her students understand the concept of velocity. She provides a large number of Hot Wheel cars and small ramps and scales, stopwatches and rulers for her students so that they can work to find patterns. Melinda then questions the students as a group and they come to a description of the patterns that emerged. Of the following, the Melinda's approach could best be described

as:

a. direct instruction.
b. cooperative learning.
c. guided discovery.
d. lecture-discussion.


C

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a. the increased need for an inclusion classroom. b. it does not require the student to develop social skills. c. the objective and neutral response provided by the computer to a student's provoking or challenging behavior. d. the school does not have to provide a one-to-one instructor for the child

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Ms. Langi joins Ronald and Tammy who are working on their artwork and arguing over who gets to use the purple marker. Mrs. Langi says, "Ronald, you cannot use both markers at the same time. Which color marker do you want to use first?"

Then she suggests "Tammy, here is an idea to help you get the purple marker that you want to use. Ask Ronald, ‘May I please use the purple marker?'" Ms. Langi is using the _____________ approach to solving conflict. A. behavioral B. model resolutions C. ecological D. psychoanalytic

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Mr. Wright uses a constructive writing process in his class. In Mr. Wright’s class students work:

a) with detailed outlines of expectations. b) in small groups or teams working together. c) individually on assigned lessons. d) with tutors who scaffold them.

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Which theorist studied the thought processes of perception, memory, strategic thinking, and classification, theorizing that these thinking capacities are simply less well-developed in children?

a. B. F. Skinner b. Albert Bandura c. Jean Piaget d. Jerome Bruner

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