Why are biographies a good choice for a literature program? What are some of the criteria that a teacher might use to choose books?

What will be an ideal response?


Ideas for this answer: inspirational lives of real people; biographies are available for all kinds of people, thus a window into multicultural perspectives; children come to understand that ordinary people can shape history; pride in cultural and ethnic origins; teachers use a balanced approach to book selection and employ the criteria for evaluating books

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Identify the term that is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are changed by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics, or GPS data.

a. simulation b. augmented reality c. assistive technology d. model

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Ms. Pillar wants to teach Thurston to remain on task. However, she wants Thurston to remain on task during a variety of activities. Therefore, Ms. Pillar uses various materials during training such as staying on task doing paper work and at the table doing art work. What principle of generalization programming is she employing?

a. use of sufficient response exemplars b. use of indiscriminable contingencies c. reinforcing unprompted generalizations d. use of sufficient stimulus exemplars

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A teacher's primary goal for pick-up

A) is to get time alone with each parent. B) is that it be as smooth of a transition as possible. C) is that it go as quickly as possible. D) is to get the parent out of the classroom before the other children see the parent. E) is that the child's reaction to going home, positive or negative, doesn't detract from the activity that you are conducting with the rest of the class.

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Many conditions including allergies, sinus or middle ear infections, premenstrual and menstrual cycle effects, urinary tract infections, toothaches, and chronic constipation

a. Will influence what a person is thinking b. Will require that a physician be a part of the assessment team c. Require a formal diagnosis d. May exacerbate the occurrence of particular behaviors e. None of the above

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