The textbook recommends that teachers coordinate their efforts with people in the community at large. Which one of the following examples most clearly illustrates the spirit of its recommendation?
a. Ms. Argersinger asks students to use their new vocabulary words when they have conversations at home with their parents.
b. Mr. Byers spends one Saturday a month in the local university library keeping up to date on the latest educational research.
c. Ms. Chimenis brings a newspaper article to class that describes recent advances in genetic engineering.
d. Mr. Deyermond consults with a parole officer about how they might work together to keep several at-risk students in school.
D
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a) Show them how to use a calculator to divide the fraction numerator by the denominator to find the decimal. b) Be sure to use precise language when speaking about decimals, such as "point seven two." c) Show them how to round decimal numbers to the closest whole number. d) Show them how to use base-ten models to build models of base-ten fractions.
Psychotherapy, according to your text:
A. Is effective for many adults, but not for most children. B. Is effective in schools only when a behavioral approach is followed. C. Has not been well researched with respect to effectiveness with children. D. Has failed to demonstrate methodological advances to increase effectiveness. E. Is superior to no therapy and as effective as other types of therapy.
When, after investigation, it turns out that the school and home really cannot agree on a particular policy, the school should:
a. follow the school policy and avoid criticizing the home by not comment¬ing on the difference in any way to the child. b. comply and adjust the school's philosophy to match that of the home. c. follow the school policy and explain to the child that there are home rules and school rules, and at home he follows home rules, at school, school rules. d. have someone on the school's side lead a parent education meeting on the subject and invite that parent to come.
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