Which one of the following teaching strategies, while possibly beneficial in other ways, is least likely to foster productive dispositions in students?
a. Asking students to justify their opinions with evidence or logic
b. Modeling open-mindedness about diverse perspectives on global warming
c. Teaching students a particular algorithm to follow in solving math problems
d. Helping students understand that in a research study, correlation between two variables does not necessarily mean that one variable is the cause of the other
c
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List and briefly describe three strategies teachers can use to make learning mathematics more accessible to English language learners
What will be an ideal response?
About how many school-age children speak a language other than English at home?
A) slightly more than one in five B) slightly more than one in ten C) slightly more than one in twenty D) slightly more than one in fifty
The purpose of direct instruction is to
a) teach specific material b) increase problem-solving c) encourage social skills d) none of the above
Mrs. Diaz has introduced the problem of school vandalism in a faculty meeting. She understands that there are multiple ways to address this problem and asks the faculty to consider the different possibilities for a discussion at the next meeting. What thinking task has Mrs. Diaz set before the faculty?
A. Inductive reasoning B. Deductive reasoning C. Convergent thinking D. Divergent thinking