The outdoor classroom provides an environment in which

a. children can be active, engaged with nature, and initiate their own inquiry.
b. children can have multiple opportunities to play without guidance.
c. space and materials are less flexible than in the indoor classroom.
d. teacher goals are substantially different from those for the indoor classroom.


a

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Given that inquiry skills all have several stages of development, which of the following is the most appropriate statement concerning teaching skills?

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The principal has asked two teachers to work in collaboration to develop grade level curriculum. Both teachers have been teaching fifth grade across the hall from one another for several years, but they have very different curricular ideas. The principal has required all grade level teams to work together on this. What key element of collaboration is the principal forgetting?

a. It includes shared responsibility. b. It is emergent. c. It is voluntary. d. It is based on parity.

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