While students are visiting the writing center, one first grade student relies exclusively on drawings to tell a story rather than attempting to write. How could the teacher encourage the child to try?

a. Do nothing as writing skills develop with regular instruction.
b. Send the child to the listening center instead.
c. Assign additional writing worksheets for homework.
d. Have the student dictate a sentence to accompany the drawings.


D

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On her first day at a new child care center, 2-year-old Martha is quite upset when her father leaves to go to work. When Dad returns that afternoon, Martha runs to him for a hug but then soon pushes Dad away. Martha's behavior is most consistent with a(n):

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home. He concludes that having a basketball net at home facilitates the development of basketball skills. Is his conclusion appropriate? a. No, because he didn't conduct an experimental study. b. No, because his study wasn't conducted in a scientific laboratory. c. Yes, provided that his students responded truthfully to the survey. d. Yes, because he used random assignment.

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