One principle of providing incentives to learn is to provide clear and specific feedback. Make a list of feedback statements that would fit the definition of clear and specific feedback. For each item on the list write a contrasting example, illustrating
feedback that is not clear and specific.
What will be an ideal response?
Clear Feedback: I like the way you used the guide words in the dictionary to find the words on your worksheet. Your topic sentence is well stated. You followed through on that serve.
Unclear Feedback: Good job. Nice going. Excellent.
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Explain some of the procedures that Midori has set forth for teachers to "cope with standards."
What will be an ideal response?
If I wanted to measure the variability of ______ , I would calculate ______.
a. individual scores (Xs); the standard error of the mean
b. sample means 
; the standard error of the mean 
c. sample means ; the standard deviation (s)
d. individual scores (Xs); the sample mean 
Rita is regularly an onlooker while other children are pretending something. She comes close to them, and says nothing. What would be the MOST effective strategy in helping her to engage in the play?
a. Wait and do nothing. b. Tell Rita to say, "Can I play?” c. Tell Rita to say, " I clean houses. Can I clean your house?" d. Tell the other children that Rita wants to play even though her behavior makes this obvious. e. Assign all of the children roles in pretend, including Rita.
Disasters are always associated with acts of nature or fires that are a result of nature or human carelessness
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false