Many learners find spelling a real challenge for all the following reasons, EXCEPT:
a. inconsistent patterns exist within the English language.
b. the acceptable spelling of words typically varies across school districts, i.e. organization vs. organisation? bank vs. banque.
c. our language is constantly changing as new words are formed in the media and in response to changing technologies.
d. in many cases, the way a word is spelled does not directly correspond to its sounds.
ANSWER: b
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a. create a relatively unstructured classroom that emphasizes free play. b. allow your students to perform the task several times so they can compare their prior performance to the most recent one. c. ignore the issue until the children are older and in Piaget's concrete operational stage of cognitive development. d. have your students compare their performance to that of a peer who has done the task correctly.
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a. hypotheticals b. logics c. operations d. sequences