Like most teachers, Ms. McNaught probably has no idea that her female students are having a different educational experience from the males. As a teacher, how might you minimize gender bias in your classroom?
What will be an ideal response?
Following are some of the many possibilities:
• Have students work in same-sex pairs.
• When putting students in mixed-sex pairs, assign specific roles (e.g., "computer operator," "secretary") to each student, rotating the roles from one occasion to the next.
• When calling on students, alternate between males and females.
• Ensure that higher-level questions are addressed equally often to boys and to girls
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a. is not definitive. b. shows negative effects only for children who watch for more than 4 to 6 hours. c. affects different groups of children differently. d. is all of the above.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
In setting a goal, it is best to introduce and teach a new behavior to replace the student's inappropriate behavior.
Describe the schoolwide enrichment model
What will be an ideal response?
Task analysis involves breaking a task or assignment into smaller tasks or steps. A step of task analysis includes ________.
A. asking for help B. working with a partner C. sequencing steps D. reading the textbook