"Tracking" is best described as which of the following?
A. A way of grouping students based on common interests, thus increasing student motivation
B. A way of grouping students into ability levels, thus making it easier to teach them
C. A form of career planning based primarily on students' intelligence scores
D. A form of career planning based primarily on the students' skills and interests
Answer: B
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The teacher's role in guiding children's behavior is to accomplish what?
a. Being an effective referee when children have conflict. b. Judge the children who misbehave so they can let other teacher's know. c. Determine appropriate consequences for undesirable behaviors d. Help all of the children learn appropriate social skills
Transition goals apply for ___________________, whereas IEP goals apply for ________________________
a. a single year/multiple years b. multiple years/multiple grades c. 2 years/4 years d. multiple years/a single year
When an instrument produces useful information for planning intervention programs for young children with disabilities, the instrument is said to have ______ validity.
A. content B. instructional C. predictive D. construct
A student in your eighth-grade science class is working on an assignment and cries out, "This is boring!" She stops working. Which of the following responses is appropriate on your part?
a. Redirect the student's behavior with a comment like, "Get busy right now". b. Ask the student to explain to the class what she finds boring about this work. c. Agree that this IS boring material, but that sometimes we just have to learn boring stuff. d. Evaluate her work to ensure that it is appropriate for her. e. Reduce the amount of work she has to do.