Many public schools are decreasing the time or eliminating entirely the teaching of handwriting. What is the danger in this?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: The sequential finger movements required to write by hand activates brain regions involved with thought, language and short-term memory.
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An eighth-grade male who exhibits feelings of confusion, anxiety, depression, and dramatic mood swings is
a. demonstrating behavior that is highly common for this age group. b. demonstrating behavior that is highly unusual for this age group. c. demonstrating behavior that occurs in varying degrees of frequency within this age group. d. exhibiting behavior that is common among males in this age group, but not females.
According to self-worth theory, people use multiple ways to persevere their sense of worth
when it is threatened by public failure. Which is not a recognized means to protect self-worth? a. Choose very easy tasks. b. Choose very difficult tasks. c. Dismiss the importance of the task. d. Exaggerate the importance of the task.
Duke broke a classroom rule and is being held by an administrator after the normal school day. This is an example of which of the following?
a. contingency contract b. formal detention c. group consequence system d. informal detention
Why would you use the test-taking framework known as PIRATES and how would you apply the steps into a classroom environment?
What will be an ideal response?