Give three reasons why the question "What is an ice cream cone?" is not a good unifying question for an integrated learning unit. Explain how you might change the question to make it better

What will be an ideal response?


1.The subject is too limited for a long-term study.
2.There are not enough reference materials about it.
3.It is a trivial topic with only one or two correct answers.
4.It would be hard to integrate into all the subject areas with sufficient depth.
5.It would be hard to design authentic assessments.

Improved questions: "What is food?" "Why do we eat?"

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A) ?occupational therapist B) ?speech-language pathologist C) ?inclusion specialist D) ?vision impairment specialist

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That stage of development in which a child is most likely to have best friends, enjoy playing in small groups, and take responsibility very seriously would be:

a. five years b. three years c. one year d. infancy

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A general aptitude test correlates .45 with success in a particular college. To improve the predictive accuracy, the students are also given three other aptitude measures, all of which correlate very highly with one another and with the first test. What will be the likely effect of adding the scores from the three additional tests to the regression equation?

a. Predictive accuracy will significantly improve. b. Only a very small improvement will occur. c. Predictive accuracy will decrease slightly. d. Cannot estimate from the information given.

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________ (book title) by ________ is generally regarded as the first known work of informational literature for children.

What will be an ideal response?

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