Name at least five strategies that can promote generalization in relation to social skills.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but should include at least some of the following:Teach skills that are naturally reinforced in the target environment. Teach peers (and teachers) to respond appropriately to students' correct social behaviors and to ignore or redirect inappropriate behaviors. Use many examples in the teaching process. Program common stimuli or make the training situation as much like real-life situations as possible. Once students demonstrate acquisition of target behaviors in the instructional setting, begin to vary the components of instructional lessons. Teach students to actively recruit their own reinforcement. Teach students to recognize the types of reinforcers used by general educators.
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A teacher who incorporates all four principles of instructional design to foster transfer will strive to develop automaticity of skills, motivate students to value learning, teach metacognitive strategies, and promote ______.
a. general transfer b. mastery goals c. overlearning d. meaningful learning
IDEA and Section 504 both require that students be educated in the least restrictive environment
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Families and educators have concerns over video game use because children
a. spend a lot of time watching and playing video games. b. get ideas for creative writing. c. learn prosocial skills from video game characters. d. develop skills needed to cooperate and positively interact with others.
Strategies that help students with reading can be used effectively in social studies classes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.