Patryk, age 6, recently moved from Poland to the United States and speaks only Polish at home. Patryk's mother asked the teacher if she should encourage her son to stop speaking Polish so that he could concentrate on learning English. The teacher correctly stated that research suggests
a) those who continue to speak their native language become better English speakers.
b) students who stop speaking their first language become better English speakers.
c) English learners should not receive phonics instruction.
d) English learners should not be expected to participate in classroom discussions.
a
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a. Respond to the needs and values of the community. b. Change periodically. c. Serve as a guide to reach the program's goals. d. Be created after a mission statement is established.
The term operational means
a. broadly defined. b. medical terminology. c. specifically defined. d. none of the above
Of the various writing assignment types, the best choice for the type of paper in which you are trying to convince students to support a recycling program on campus would be:
A. A paper in which you synthesize the steps to create a recycling center based upon experiences with recycling centers at other colleges. B. A paper in which you use persuasion to convince students on the merits of a recycling center. C. A paper in which you analyze a recycling program and determine the amount of pounds of aluminum that will be salvaged for reuse daily. D. A summary of your ideas for the recycling center.
The first “simple case” of nonexperimental research involves:
a. One quantitative independent variable and one quantitative dependent variable b. One manipulated independent variable and one quantitative dependent variable c. One non-manipulated categorical independent variable and one quantitative dependent variable d. One non-manipulated quantitative independent variable and one categorical dependent variable