You have established a play-centered kindergarten environment. Parents complain that they sent their children to school to learn and not play. How will you respond? Discuss
What will be an ideal response?
Research shows that instruction should be organized around natural methods of reading and writing. Play promotes talk that can be written down and later read back to children to connect speech to print. Play provides many opportunities for talking, reading and writing, all important activities for young children's literacy development.
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a. hypothesis. c. constitutive definition. b. judgment. d. operational definition.
Describe the progression of motor development you would expect to see in the first three years
What will be an ideal response?
Your next-door teacher, Mr. Dodd, comes in and says, "I can't believe it! It's the third day of school and every single student in my each of my classes has been perfectly behaved! I'm so happy! You know, my professors in college told me that management is an area that causes many beginning teachers concern, but I'm pretty sure they exaggerated its importance." In response you
a. agree that the first few days are a good indication of how the class will behave throughout the year. b. tell him not to get too cocky, as the students will undoubtedly go nuts in the next few days. c. tell him you're happy he has such a good class, and wish that yours was as easy to manage. d. mention that he shouldn't be complacent about management because there is often a "honeymoon" period at the beginning of the year.
The consistency of test results
a. validity b. construct c. reliability d. norms