What is meant by your textbook authors' statement: "There is no such thing as a typical student with learning disabilities"? How does this relate to characteristics of students with learning disabilities?
What will be an ideal response?
Students with learning disabilities are a heterogeneous group; they are as different from one another as people without disabilities are different from each other. Still, they almost always show low academic achievement in one or more areas and challenges in how they learn and process new information. Some might have problems in reading (including dyslexia), others in math (many of whom also have a reading disability as well), memory
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What must students be equipped with in order to drive their own learning, rather than revert to the passive stance that hinders progress?
A. learning intentions B. success criteria C. learning intentions and success criteria D. none of the above
All of the following are ways of teaching that are congruent with brain development except:
A. Young children watch the teacher demonstrate the concept of sinking and floating. B. Young children participate in novel, challenging and meaningful activities. C. Young children set attainable goals and strive to reach them. D. Young children feel safe and have positive social relationships with their teachers and peers
Which teacher is most effectively assessing a child's concepts about print?
a. the one who listens to see which children can complete a rhyming sentence. b. the one who observes which children are able to substitute initial consonants in their friends' names c. the one who sings songs with her children and pauses and asks, "What would make sense here?" d. the one who observes whether a child picks up a book and turns the pages in sequence.
Quadrant I actions are IMPORTANT and? __________
a. ?IMPORTANT. b. ?UNIMPORTANT. c. ?URGENT. d. ?NOT URGENT.