Choose one of the factors developed by the American Psychological Association to organize the different learner-centered principles, and explain how it is underemphasized in the average classroom.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer may stem from the four different factors: cognitive and metacognitive, motivational and emotional, development and social, and individual difference factors.
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Which of the following has NOT been connected to the loss of meaningful and playful activities and increased focus on structured, teacher-instructed group activities in schools?
a. increase in academic achievement for all students b. limitations in language development c. the increase in number of preschool expulsions for unmanageable behaviors d. no decrease in school dropout rates
Teachers can help ease the transition to a new school by assigning a/an ______ to assist the new student in learning the school.
A. peer tutor B. hall pass C. student ambassador D. informal assessment
Mr. Johnson wants a hyperactive boy to be able to sit quietly for at least 15 minutes at a time. To do this, he begins praising the boy for sitting still for one minute, then for two minutes, and then only for four minutes, and so on
Mr. Johnson's strategy reflects which one of the following concepts? a. Shaping b. A contingency contract c. Distributed learning d. Intermittent reinforcement
Characteristics of individuals that differ based on various biological factors are referred to as
a. ethnicity b. nationality c. race d. heredity