Describe the purpose of read-alouds and explain how they should be used
What will be an ideal response?
Read-alouds introduce students to grade-level text that they could not read on their own. The teacher reads grade-level text to the students in one to three paragraph chunks while they follow along in their text. Read-alouds can combine forms of assisted and repeated reading.
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a. learning curve b. instructional style c. learning style d. education type
Isaiah is an African American child who has autism. His teacher, who is Caucasian wants to be sensitive to this child's cultural background. She should:
a. Read about African-American culture and apply generalizations to Isaiah and his parents b. Visit often with Isaiah's parents, ask questions, and ask their advice about ways to ensure that she is making culturally sensitive decisions c. Adjust expectations downward based upon cultural differences d. Attribute lack of eye contact to cultural differences
One management challenge presented by cooperative learning is that
a. high achievers get bored quickly and cause interruptions and distractions. b. the teacher must spend equal amounts of time with each group, and thus feels spread too thin. c. lower achievers usually refuse to work in the presence of middle and higher achievers. d. students who lack social skills may argue, want their own way, be disrespectful of others' ideas, or refuse to work.
The transition coordinator for a local school district presented at a meeting of special education teachers changes in the IEP format for transition. A number of the teachers objected to these changes and indicated ways they thought it could be better improved. The transition coordinator said she would take this into consideration next year but that the new forms had already been printed. She
subsequently showed the teacher how to fill out the new forms. Which organizational change strategy was not well implemented in this example? a. actively confronting people's fear of change b. sharing the agenda with personnel in the organization c. gaining the input of others in the change process d. providing training to promote change