It is August and Susan has decided to use cooperative groups in her fourth grade science class for the upcoming year. Based upon effective cooperative learning practice, which of the following is a valid recommendation for Susan to consider as she plans this instruction?
a. Group children together by ability so higher-achieving students are not brought down by lower-achieving students and lower -achieving students are not pressured by higher-achieving students.
b. Provide the learners a difficult task as the first assignment so that they know they will have to take cooperative learning seriously.
c. Grade the students as a group so that low achievers experience success.
d. When introducing cooperative learning, simplify the initial learning task to help students understand the processes involved in cooperative learning.
d
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a. Storm and Stress b. Storming and Norming c. Stress and Strength d. Harmony
Why did the Founding Fathers insist that public education was essential to the newly created democratic form of government?
A. Citizens needed to participate in the writing of laws for the new country. B. Citizens needed to be literate and informed in order to participate responsibly in the democratic process. C. Citizens needed to be able to read the Bible. D. Citizens needed to pass a literacy test in order to vote.
Of the following, which was NOT a key concept in Herbart's pedagogical theory?
a. Interpretation b. Interest c. Apperception d. Correlation
Unless an appellate court finds a procedural problem or bias in a trial court's fact-finding process, the facts as determined by the trial court do not change.
a. True b. False