Describe how language diversity may contribute to assessment difficulties with students who are from a variety of
cultures.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: When trying to decide whether a child has a language disability, professionals often
mistakenly identify the child as needing special education services when in fact the issue
is a language learning issue. This can happen because of a lack of knowledge about the
difference between language learning and language deficits.
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According to the text, which of the following is true of a teacher’s communication skills?
a. An effective teacher understands that different constituencies speak different “languages.” b. It is the teacher’s responsibility to ensure that all constituencies know the terms that educators use to communicate about progress in school. c. An effective teacher knows educational terminology very well. d. There is little difference between communicating with one constituency or another because all have the same goals in mind.
Recording the outcome of events from a coin toss demonstrates the basic concept of __________
a. graphing b. data analysis c. counting d. probability
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
The CIPP evaluation model would assess the differences between an after-school program at an elementary school versus the implementation of the same program at a middle school to decide which program to support
Watercolor paints are:
a. transparent and allow for a layering of colors. b. opaque and allow for muted, subdued colors. c. transparent and allow for a smooth covering of intense color. d. opaque and allow for a flat covering of intense color.