Differentiate among the different types of attention.

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Sustained attention is the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged period of time. Selective attention is focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant. Divided attention involves concentrating on more than one activity at the same time. Executive attention involves planning actions, allocating attention to goals, detecting and compensating for errors, monitoring progress on tasks, and dealing with novel or difficult circumstances.
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Assessment that is ______ includes meaningful problems that are connected to the world outside the classroom.

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Whenever Calvin Green's students are unable to answer in question and answer sessions, he prompts them until they can give an acceptable answer. "I want them to learn that being uncertain is all a part of the learning process," Calvin explains

Learning that "being uncertain is all part of the learning process," best illustrates the: a. explicit curriculum. b. implicit curriculum. c. extracurriculum. d. integrated curriculum.

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Multiple aspects of diversity exist in today's classrooms. Which of the following is not an aspect of diversity discussed in this chapter?

A) cultural B) formal C) intellectual D) lingual

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Identify three guidelines for teachers in using differentiated instruction to teach literacy

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