Tracking is a common practice in comprehensive high schools. Of the following, which statement most accurately describes the relationship between tracking and cultural minorities?
a. Tracking allows cultural minorities to achieve at levels consistent with their background and abilities.
b. A disproportionate number of cultural minorities tend to be placed in high-level tracks where the instruction is too abstract for their background and abilities.
c. Tracking is effective for cultural minorities, because it allows teachers to focus on the individual needs of students.
d. A disproportionate number of cultural minorities tend to be placed in low-level tracks where instruction is often less effective than instruction in high-level tracks.
d
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a. Course planning b. Unit planning c. Weekly planning d. Daily planning
When crosstabulating two variables, it is conventional to
A. Represent the independent variable in rows and the dependent variable in columns. B. Assign both the dependent and independent variables to columns. C. Represent the dependent variable in rows and the independent variable in columns. D. Assign both the dependent and independent variables to rows.
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a. Understand more than one language when using a computer b. Pass a test about the terms and functions of technology c. Use technology to locate and evaluate digital and non-digital information d. Perform the tasks and functions as well as a professional scientist or engineer
Which of the following best describes the use of emergency drills (e.g., for earthquake or fire) in preschool settings?
A) Only teachers should have such drills, because they may be toofrightening for small children
B) Only teachers will benefit from such drills, because small childrenwill not remember them
C) Both teachers and children should have regular experience withevacuation drills
D) Neither teachers nor students need drills in most child care
settings, because the group sizes and buildings are small and
easily evacuated