Mary, a student in your class, has difficulty keeping her attention on classroom activities. Describe four different strategies you might use to help her keep her attention better focused on class
Base your strategies on those presented in the textbook as being effective.
Possible strategies are these (the response should include four strategies and incorporate at least three of the ideas listed below):
• Seat Mary near the teacher's desk.
• Cue Mary when she's off task.
• Discuss the problem privately with Mary.
• Teach Mary self-regulation techniques (e.g., self-monitoring, self-reinforcement).
• Consistently reinforce Mary for paying attention.
• Confer with Mary's parents about possible reasons for the inattentiveness and possible solutions to the problem.
• Conduct a functional analysis (i.e., identify and address any purposes that Mary's inattentive behavior may serve for her).
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a. used to record an unusual or abnormal action. b. used to record the details of a repeated action of one child or a group of children. c. used to count how many times a child or a group of children repeats an action. d. never used to record the number of times a teacher repeats an action.
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a. intelligence profile. b. multiple-intelligence style. c. pedagogy profile. d. information-processing orientation. e. learning style.
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A. that fate is in charge of life’s events B. that they are in charge of life’s events C. that interactions with others control life’s events D. that personal relationships control