Our text discussed the importance of being an intelligent consumer of research and the need to not take every finding or expert’s pronouncement as truth. How can you become an intelligent consumer or research?

What will be an ideal response?


As a new teacher it can be difficult to evaluate the validity of educational research so it is very important to engage in thoughtful conversation with veteran and mentor teachers as well as novice teachers. Don’t rely on a single source of information but rather seek out supporting and differing opinions on trusted internet sites and teaching blogs.

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In general, children will first use the body as a whole

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Do not worry if your ideas clash with your cooperating teacher

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is a teaching strategy designed to help students acquire organized bodies of knowledge—topics that connect facts, concepts, and principles, and make the relationships among them explicit?

a. Direct instruction b. Lecture-discussion c. Guided discovery d. Cooperative learning

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Applied behavior analysis strategies use rewards in a systematic way and:

a) use punishers for prevention of discipline problems. b) avoid punishers as much as possible. c) use punishers for routine classroom misbehavior. d) use punishers for being off-task.

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