Ms. Tosetti is a kindergarten teacher at George Washington Elementary. She is having trouble with the students in her class not wanting to share, not understanding how another student feels, and telling a story as if their listeners already know many of the details that only they should know. According to Piaget, what is happening in this scenario?
What will be an ideal response?
Ms. Tosetti's students are all demonstrating egocentrism, which is defined as the inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and that of someone else.
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Mrs. Boef has a very limited budget for learning materials in the child care center. She can provide only the same number of play slots as the number of children with the materials that are there. Other than increasing the budget, what is the best alternative?
a. Instead of free choice, ask the children to move from one activity to another when she rings a bell. b. Borrow books from the library and bring materials from the natural environment or recycled materials into the classroom. c. Quit, because there is no feasible alternative to this situation. d. Ask children to raise their hands when they want to move to a new play space and then ask another child to exchange with them.
What are the three general models of group instruction?
A. tandem, concurrent, and sequential B. DTT, di, and MT C. peer-to-peer interaction, modeling, and prompt fading D. shaping, chaining, and generalization training
Which of the following teaching practices is LEAST effective in teaching students of color?
a. Make sure students develop academic skills despite inequities and hostile classroom environments. b. Make sure students retain their cultural competenceby using culture as a vehicle for learning. c. Make sure students develop a broad sociopolitical consciousness that allows them to critique the status quo. d. Make sure students avoid the use of culturally specific language, skills, knowledge, and traditions in classroom learning applications.
_______________ What is a story, real or pretend?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word