Compare and contrast the Balanced Instruction approach for general educators with the Balanced Instruction approach for special educators
What will be an ideal response?
Both perspectives include the use of literature-based materials. General educators combine this with a research-based basal reading program. Special educators combine this with a Direct Instruction program, such as Reading Mastery.
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A child who feels that he or she has received a great deal of hurt and unfair treatment in life will not easily place ____________________ in adults
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A student teacher should adopt the teaching style of the cooperating teacher
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The commitment to high standards in the educational reform movement (such as those promoted by NCLB and
CCSS) a. will help students with intellectual and developmental disabilities perform better in school by providing greater supports and sevices. b. is problematic for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities because they have difficulty with high-level conceptual material. c. has caused regional districts to refuse to test students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. d. does not apply to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities because the legislation and standards acknowledges student differences.
Match the legislative case to its brief description:
1. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) 2. Hobson v. Hansen (1967) 3. PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1972) 4. Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972) 5. Diana v. State Board of Education (1970) 6. Larry P. v. Riles (1972, 1974, 1979, 1984) a. Ensured "non-biased" testing. b. Discontinuation of "tracking systems" that that mislabeled students segregating them into curriculum significantly different from students in the mainstream of the school. c. Extended the right for special education guaranteed in PARC to all children with disabilities and reinforced the right to a free public education. d. Based on two basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution: equal protection and due process. e. Students of minority groups could not be placed in special education classes until nonbiased assessments had been developed. f. The end of "separate but equal" schools.