"I'm going to have the children practice on long-vowel sounds and blends during skills block tomorrow," Ava Goodwin, a kindergarten teacher, says to herself as she plans for the next week. "I don't think I've spent enough time on basic skills the past few weeks." Ava then spends more time on basic skills the next week
Ava's concluding that she hasn't been spending enough time on basic skills best illustrates which of the following characteristics of expert teaching?
a. Decision making in ill-defined contexts
b. Reflective practice
c. A critical attitude toward teaching
d. A body of specialized knowledge
b
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affect schools
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a) semantics. b) syntax. c) pragmatics. d) grammar.
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a. The data cannot be collected on more than one variable b. Independent variables cannot be differentiated from dependent variables because there is no theory c. It is harder to establish cause and effect, because the data are not collected over time d. There is differential attrition
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A. criterion-referenced B. norm-referenced C. standardized D. curriculum-based