Patterns should be studied in elementary and middle school for all of the following reasons except:
a. they are fundamental to number sense and algebraic reasoning.
b. patterns such as square numbers show relationships of number to geometric concepts.
c. deriving rules for addition of odd and even numbers develop algebraic thinking.
d. students enjoy finding patterns in clothing.
ANSWER:
d
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Type of curriculum identical to that used for students without disabilities but with fewer, and less complex, content area skills
a. life management curriculum b. community-based curriculum c. functional curriculum d. parallel curriculum e. specialized curriculum
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a. a warm and accepting classroom atmosphere that promotes creativity and intuition. b. instruction in which new concepts build on previous knowledge as the student progresses. c. introducing and assessing the basic and advanced content from the established core curriculum. d. teaching topics that are within every child's individual zone of proximal development.
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