Imagine that a new principal came into a school in which each teacher had their own system of classroom management. What would the challenges be if the principal wanted to have the school adopt the PBIS model? What steps would you anticipate the principal taking to start the process?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but may reflect items from each list following. Challenges: helping teachers understand the model and why it would be preferable; overcoming resistance to standardization; some teachers may object to reward system; implementing program with fidelity; steep learning curve; communicating model to parents and students. Possible steps: Professional development for all members of the community; development of a PBIS support team; analysis of existing behavioral data.
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a. maturationist theory. b. moral development theory. c. psychosocial theory. d. constructivist theory.
According to a study by Heath (2006), middle class children are more successful at communication and language skills when they enter school than lower income children for what reason?
a. They have a wider range of memorization and creativity skills upon entering school. b. They come to school with strong creative skills but weaker memorization skills. c. They come to school with strong memorization skills but weaker creativity skills. d. They are viewed as being smarter based on their economic status.
Globalization involves paying an outside firm to handle internal company functions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A researcher does a study examining the effects of a preschool program. He uses a nonequivalent comparison-group design. He finds that the cognitive growth of his experimental group is greater than that of his control. Unfortunately, he later finds that in general children who live in the area where he drew his experimental group tend to grow faster cognitively than children who were from the area where he drew his control group. When he discovered this problem, he discovered what threat to the internal validity of his study?
a. Selection-maturation effect b. History effect c. Selection-instrumentation effect d. Testing effect