An ideal instructional format for dealing with all aspects of writing is the writing workshop. The success of writing workshops is predicated on five principles. List the five principles and detail at least three benefits of promoting writing among students

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Students who are taught to write using the five principles benefit from an organized and structured approach. The principles are: 1. Students need time for all aspects of writing; 2. The writing process is as important as the writing product; 3. Students need feedback and response to their writing; 4. Students are taught about writing through their writing; 5. Students form a community of writers in their classrooms. The benefits of promoting writing include: developing writing competency, making students more confident and fluent in writing, making students closer readers of other writers, making students more reflective, building a classroom community of communicators, and serving as a learning tool when applied to other subjects.

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A nuclear family consists of

A. a husband and wife who are legally married. B. a husband and wife living with their biological children. C. a husband and wife living with their biological and/or adopted children. D. a husband, wife, their children, and an extended family network.

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Which one of the following is a true statement?

(a) Young people are unruly by nature. (b) Administrators do not adequately support teachers. (c) Most student misbehavior in the classroom is preventable. (d) An occasional use of corporal punishment is absolutely necessary to retain control. (e) None of the above is a true statement.

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Formal operations are marked by the development of ______.

a. concrete thinking b. abstract thinking c. conservation d. empathy

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