Why does the “one size fits all” approach no longer work in today’s educational environment?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Answers to this question will vary but should include elements of the following: Due to the heterogeneity of the population related to race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, language, diverse cultural backgrounds, different experiences, values, and beliefs we know there is too much diversity to serve students with one method. Additionally, they may highlight the change from the “melting pot” theory to the analogy of the “salad bowl.”
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A. zone of proximal development B. appropriate activity zone C. scaffolding systems zone D. zone of competent behavior
What does research evidence suggest about the applicability of Piaget's findings to children from different cultures?
What will be an ideal response?
Random Abstract teachers would be more likely to expect students to do which of the following?
a. View many options for designing a project b. Meet all requirement guidelines c. Construct a model according to the diagram in a book d. Measure all observations using standard procedures
Correlational designs have benefited from what quantitative developments in the history of research?
a. The development of computers b. The refinements in the calculations of correlations c. The measurement of continuous variables d. The identification of multiple variables to measure