During parent conferences, it's important for teachers to ask
a. whether the student seems to like the teacher as a person, since teachers whose students like them are more successful.
b. whether the parents have questions, suggestions, or other input that might help the teacher meet the student's needs.
c. whether the parents have ever had their child assessed for a learning disability or for depression/anxiety.
d. whether the parents are financially capable of providing the materials that will be required for the assignments and projects that are coming up.
b
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As human beings, we encounter a great many stimuli at any one time. Which one of the following alternatives most accurately reflects educational psychologists' perspective about how we respond to all these stimuli?
a. By learning to use effective long-term memory storage processes, we can eventually begin to remember almost everything we encounter. b. We must select the things we think are most important to learn and remember, and ignore the rest. c. We remember virtually everything we experience, but we have trouble retrieving most of it. d. We cannot remember everything, and we have little control over the things that we do remember.
Establishing and maintaining good communications include the following:
a. Describe your proposal but do not include the contract details. b. Prepare stakeholders and invite them to be active participants. c. Set up ground rules, where criticism is given only in private to the facilitator.
Bringing real world and job skills to the academic experience is a form of academic readiness
a. True b. False
Justin Callahan is the assistant principal at Central School Elementary in a large urban school district. During his seven years at the school, he has come to know children from many different backgrounds and with many different types of problems. He
has also seen many bright and successful students come and go. One fall afternoon, Daisy Alvarez, a high school guidance counselor from the school located a few block away, stops by his office. She sits down and tells Justin she has an idea. “Justin, you know I’ve been working with a group of kids from my school who have completed drug treatment programs. They are good kids and need some activities that will keep them off the streets. I would like to have them tutor some of your students. They could walk over during the day and read to your students or help them with homework. Or, they could help your teachers to grade papers or run other errands. What do you think of my ideas?” From the information presented in the chapter, what advantages might exist for elementary children who are exposed to adolescents? What disadvantages might exist? What advantages might exist for adolescents who work with children? What disadvantages might exist? If you were Justin Callahan would you do it? What will be an ideal response?