A visiting curriculum evaluation team criticized a school district for teaching too much inert knowledge. A disadvantage, they said, is that, according to educational psychologists, inert knowledge is:

a) at too high a level for students in the various grades.
b) useless due to the students' inability to apply it outside the classroom.
c) highly difficult for teachers to present.
d) only one point of view, not necessarily the correct one.


b Inert knowledge refers to learned information that can be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted, often artificial, applications.

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a. True b. False

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Which of the following was a barrier to the creation of federal legislation regarding the education of children with exceptionalities?

a. Parents groups were more interested in lobbying individual states for change instead of forming a national coalition. b. A strong federal role in education violated the American tradition of making education the responsibility of states. c. There was no scientific recognition of the role of educational intervention in the education of exceptional children. d. Educators disliked the idea of legal regulation of their teaching and distrusted any federal intervention.

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When speaking about quality in preschool group care, it is safe to assume that quality depends on

A) whether or not a facility is licensed. B) a planned program. C) a congruent philosophy. D) how much the program charges parents. E) None of these answers are correct.

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List the tasks children can perform when publishing a newspaper

What will be an ideal response?

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