Teachers must not undervalue the importance of literacy skills in the child's

development because:

a. the child's ability to read and write will greatly affect success in school.
b. children must develop these skills in order to adapt to the larger culture beyond school.
c. research shows that between 20% and 45% of children in the United States have difficulty learning to read.
d. all of the above.


d

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Vygotsky proposed that for successful student learning, teachers must determine the appropriate level of difficulty for teaching. This theory is called

a. the zone of proximal development (ZPD) theory. b. reinforcement theory. c. behavioral analysis. d. psychodynamic theory. e. mastery learning theory.

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Teacher study groups

a. are aligned with universities to identify good professional practices b. are a means for teachers to discuss issues with new students c. are a means of building professional, collegial communities within schools d. all of the above

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The four teachers below are assigning homework to their students. Which teacher is giving an assignment that's inconsistent with general recommendations regarding the appropriate use of homework?

a. Mr. Rhodes asks his eighth graders to write the answers to a series of questions based on material they've been studying over the past week. b. Ms. Wong asks her sixth graders to make up sentences using each of their new spelling words. c. Mr. Needham asks his first graders to bring something from home that begins with the letter B. d. Ms. Powell asks her high school algebra students to read the next two chapters in their textbook, do the end-of-chapter problems, and submit their work to be graded.

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Alex is a highly intuitive and less assertive creator partnering Victor, a more assertive thinker and analyzer. On the project they are working on, all systems have been running smoothly but now they have run into the same problem repeatedly. Based on what you have learned in the chapter about personality traits and critical thinking, offer advice on how these men will need to collaborate to become creative problem solvers.

What will be an ideal response?

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