One of the most important things that teachers can do for children from diverse cultures is to
a. make sure that the child understands and conforms to the predominant cultural expectations represented in the classroom.
b. be aware of the factors that shape their own cultural views.
c. minimize differences because culture does not play a significant role in the way that children ultimately learn. d. emphasize that English is the language of the classroom.
ANSWER: b
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a. are more standardized and less biased in favor of Western culture. b. are quick and easy to administer to every student at once. c. provide comprehensive and immediate information about current performance. d. provide correlational and descriptive data that can be analyzed.
According to the text, who of the following are the key mediators between policy and practice
A. Students B. Parents C. Teachers D. Administrators
Reflecting the influence of Darwin on many intellectuals of his day, Eliot devised a plan of barring unmarried southern and eastern Europeans from immigrating to the United States for what reason?
A. They were coming from countries that did not have good relations with the United States. B. Married people were socially more stable and less likely to remain unemployed. C. Married, they would be a lesser threat to the American gene pool. D. He believed that single immigrants would send more money made in America to their families.
Name the ways in which a researcher can record narrative data.
What will be an ideal response?