What is the best description of functional assessment?

a. Determine why a student is behaving the way he/she is.
b. Determine the punishments to give the students when he/she acts out.
c. Determine the number of days to suspend a student.
d. Determine which teacher is to blame for the student’s behavior.
e. None of these.


ANSWER: a

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a. Teachers often lose the momentum of classroom activities. b. Teachers ask more complex questions. c. Teachers' expectations for student performance increase. d. Teachers pursue some topics in greater depth.

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a. lie about their activities and behaviors. b. engage in socially deviant behaviors. c. rebel against their parents. d. be socially and emotionally well-adjusted.

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How can teachers use dialogue journals without increasing their workload?

What will be an ideal response?

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