After conducting extensive analyses, Acme Corporation discovers that widgets (a component in weebles) could be produced faster and at a higher quality by workers in India. Acme decides to move widget production to India. What is this called?
a. globalization
b. flattening
c. outsourcing
d. manufacturing movement
e. intercultural commerce
ANS: C
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a. listen carefully and then forget about it. b. ignore it. c. listen carefully and then record the information as soon as possible. d. give their expert opinion.
All of the following are beliefs of progressivists except
a. teachers are facilitators and coaches. b. students are unique, active, and self-motivated. c. the learning environment should be safe for risk-taking and it should be stimulating. d. the curriculum should be unchanging with no choices or electives.
The cognitive process through which people of all ages formulate expectations about the desirability of certain behaviors by seeing the results of others' behaviors is called:
a. Positive reinforcement b. Negative reinforcement c. Vicarious reinforcement d. None of the above
A child who can read short texts with picture support, knows 15 sight words, and has phonological awareness of beginning and end consonants is called which kind of reader?
A. Beginning reader B. Fledgling reader C. Independent reader D. Transitional reader