Describe the strategies that teachers can use to improve children's social skills, giving examples of each strategy.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include the following strategies: (a) Help rejected children learn to listen to peers and to "hear what they say" instead of trying to dominate peer relations. (b) Help neglected children attract attention from peers in positive ways and then hold their attention. (c) Provide children low in social skills with knowledge about how to improve these skills. (d) Read and discuss appropriate books on peer relations with students, and devise supportive games and activities.
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Describe high-road transfer and provide an example of it
What will be an ideal response?
The following teachers all assigned essay writing in their middle school English classes. Today they returned students' papers. Based on the following information, which of these teachers is most likely to have students who are motivated to pursue learning goals in the classroom?
a. Mr. Angelo returned the papers and complimented students on their essays. He said the class as a whole is submitting goodwork. b. Mrs. Dominguez returned the essays and told the class they needed to write another draft. She said she knew they could do better work. c. Mr. Lindsey returned students' essays and said they lacked interest. He reminded students of the standard and said the essays fell short of his expectations. d. Ms. Compton returned the essays and asked students to compare this draft with their first draft to see how much progress they had made.
When reintegrating students with disabilities into general education settings, follow-up assessments in the mainstream setting should be conducted to
a. let the student know that you are watching her b. prepare reports to administrators and parents c. give the regular classroom teacher feedback and support d. satisfy the full inclusion requirements of IDEA e. all of the above
Use means:
a. The knowledge a student has of sounds in language. b. The smallest meaningful unit of language and involves the stringing together of sounds c. The rules used in combining words to make a sentence. d. The importance of meaning. It involves knowledge of vocabulary, relationships between words and time and event relationships e. The pragmatic functions of language in varying contexts. It sees the individual as an active communicator whose words and sentences are intentionally selected in relation to the effect the speaker wishes to have on a listener