Explain four characteristics of instruction that integrates new literacies
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should include four of the following:
a . multimodality, or an extended definition of text to include a variety of visual, auditory and physical representations;
b. multimedia, including technological and post-typographical media;
c. an emphasis on learning processes as equal to or superior to learning products;
d. collaborative rather than individual effort;
e. critique of both explicit and implicit communication across varied media and modes;
f. shared expertise and authority, rather than the authority of a text or a teacher;
g. learner choice in topics, projects, modality, media, and assessment.
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What will be an ideal response?
When a father does not reside with his children, the best way to measure his impact on his children's development is to measure
A. how often the father sees his children. B. how much time, in total, the father spends with his children. C. how much financial support the father provides to his former wife. D. the quality of the relationship he maintains with his children over time.
Classroom management practices in inclusive classrooms should:
a. be directed at the "regular" students because the co-teacher can work with the children with disabilities. b. basically the same management strategies for both groups of students – what works with one group should work with another. c. reflect the classroom management books and techniques in the special education textbooks – children with disabilities need management strategies they would have experienced with their "special ed" class. d. promote social interaction and should lead to acceptance for all students.
One reason to examine possible underlying causes for a child’s misbehavior before deciding that the child’s behavior needs to be changed is
a. to avoid giving the child a clue that the behavior is of concern to adults. b. because some underlying factors that affect behavior are more under the adults’ power to change than under the child’s control. c. to determine whether the child needs psychoanalysis. d. to get parents to take responsibility for their child’s behavior.