Informal assessments are sometimes unreliable. Of the following, which is the best explanation for this lack of reliability?
a. Teachers don't get the same information from all students, so informal assessment provides an incomplete picture of learning and development.
b. Informal assessment often involves observation of students' behavior, which cannot be reliable.
c. Informal assessments occur during learning activities, and assessments are conducted after a unit of study is complete.
d. Informal assessments are limited to assessments with young children, so they aren't reliable with all learners.
a
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a. are ends in themselves. b. help decode words that are not in the students’ listening vocabularies. c. help students pair oral and written words. d. None of these
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A) Hold the neck in the left hand, hold the pick between the right thumb and index finger, and place the fingers of the left hand on the appropriate frets. B) Learn what the treble and bass clefs are, where the frets are located, and how to play the various chords. C) Define the task of guitar playing, memorize the finger placements, and retrieve prior knowledge of reading music. D) Read and interpret written music, identify the appropriate chords, and mentally keep time.
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a. They can be used interchangeably. b. ?Minority groups? concede power to majority groups while ?diverse? groups share power equally. c. ?Minority group? refers only to race while ?diversity? refers to all manner of human differences. d. ?Minority group? implies an oppressive power differential while ?diversity? refers to all manner of human differences.
The practice of meeting out needs now without compromising the needs of future generations is known as:
a. Locality b. Accessibility c. Globalization d. Sustainability