Considering recommended strategies for promoting interest, choose the teacher who is most likely to capture students' interest in classroom subject matter
a. In her physical education class, instead of having students warm up with calisthenics, Ms. Gaffery warms them up by teaching them the popular line dance "The Boot Scootin' Boogie."
b. In her English literature class, Ms. Isaacs has her students compete to see who can memorize Hamlet's soliloquy ("To be or not to be . . .") the fastest.
c. In his history class, Mr. Jacobs intersperses occasional anecdotes about his days as a high school football hero into his lecture on the Renaissance.
d. In his driver education class, Mr. Lancaster lists statistics describing the probabilities of accidents happening to senior citizens who drive drunk.
a
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The Marland Report to Congress provided for the current definition of gifted as follows
a. students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in many domains, and who also need additional services and activities not normally provided by schools. b. children and youth who exhibit high intellectual capacity in a variety of domains. c. children and youth who perform or show potential for task commitment and high levels of creativity. d. None of the answers are correct.
Effective teachers very rarely feel that they are "just surviving" the school day
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following teachers is most likely to encourage emotional self-regulation in the classroom?
a. Mrs. Tallchief prompts students to keep working on the task in science lab and to ignore the two students who burned their fingers during the experiment. b. Mr. Starnes doesn't listen to students' complaints about the difficulty of the math task and encourages them to keep their feelings to themselves. c. Ms. Travis avoids listening to Melba's tattle tales about a classmate during a group activity and encourages Melba to focus on performing her role in the group. d. Mrs. Gomez saw Jeff throw his eraser at Kendal, but Mrs. Gomez expects both students to bury the issue and deal with it after school.
Evaluation scales based on a national sampling of students' handwriting are published by
A. Lakeshore Learning Materials. B. PRO-ED. C. SRA. D. Zaner-Bloser.