Teachers and library media specialists often face a difficult task in selecting appropriate, quality literature that meets the developmental, intellectual, and social needs of adolescents as well as the curricular standards of the school. Perhaps the ideal way to accomplish this is:
a. for educators to read as much young adult literature as possible and make their own judgments about the quality and appropriateness of the literature.
b. to make purchases based upon publishers' catalogs because they usually provide objective and unbiased reviews.
c. to seek the advice of the school administration on which literature is the most developmentally responsive and the least offensive to community standards.
d. to read reviews published in reputable journals since they have the "last-word" on good literature for young adults.
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What will be an ideal response?
The expressive language skills are
a. reading and writing. b. writing and listening. c. writing and speaking. d. listening and reading. e. speaking and reading.
Young children discover regular sound features in their spoken language long before they come to school
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following behaviors might be found in a learner with socialized aggressive behaviors?
A. Threatening others B. Being passively negative C. Teasing D. Arguing