Whose idea of the common school became the tax-supported, locally controlled elementary schools that were common in the U.S. during the industrial era?

a. John Dewey
b. G. Stanley Hall
c. B. F. Skinner
d. Horace Mann


d. Horace Mann

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Supporting older students who still struggle with basic facts can be done through the following steps EXCEPT:

a) Provide hope and build in success. b) Inventory known and unknown facts. c) Drill to strengthen memory and retrieval capabilities. d) Provide engaging activities.

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An individual with intellectual disabilities needing regular, but perhaps not daily, support to function would be considered at which level of support according to the AAIDD system of classification?

a. intermittent b. limited c. extensive d. pervasive

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Which of the following examples best illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?

a. A person who quits the baseball team after learning that you must wear extremely tight, nylon pants. b. A child who changes her scheme of "all snakes are poisonous and deadly" after easily surviving a bite from a common grass snake. c. A woman who, after being stuck on an elevator, decides that all cable-driven devices are unsafe. d. A student who learns that opossums can hang from tree branches by their tail and therefore adds opossums to her scheme of animals with prehensile tails.

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