Describe three barriers that physical education teachers face in their work and ways content-area teachers can assist with the goals of better physical activity and health among children.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary and include: Three barriers include: 1) large class sizes, 2) low academic value of physical education, 3) less teaching time than other classes. Content-area teachers can identify ways to collaborate with physical education or health education teachers on interdisciplinary projects, integrate activity brain breaks into their classes, and be a model of good physical activity and health for students.
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a. Antoine hangs around with high achievers who are committed to attending highly ranked universities. b. DJ believes that everyone engages in occasional vandalism. c. Milo is sociometrically popular. d. Ivan has authoritative parents who use inductive discipline.
Mr. Bell is designing the means of evaluating students' understanding of the content in the unit he is creating on the civil war in middle Tennessee. He decides to administer a traditional paper and pencil test at the end of the unit. He also decides to offer students the choice of using artistic means (e.g., creating a musical piece, a poem, a dance, etc.) to describe what they learned about the civil war in middle Tennessee. Which Universal Design for Learning principle is Mr. Bell using?
A. Provide Multiple Means of Representation B. Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression C. Provide Multiple Means of Engagement D. Provide Multiple Means of Parent Involvement
One of the most common errors students make when adding fractions is adding numerators for the answer numerator and adding denominators for the answer denominator. Which would be the best procedure to correct a student who computes 3/5 + 1/3 = 4/8?
a. show him/her how to find a common denominator or LCM for 5 and 3 b. explain that only fractions with like denominators can be added or subtracted c. ask him to demonstrate the problem using fraction bars or circles d. teach him/her how to cross-multiply to find the correct solution
Which type of theory focuses on observable behavior?
A. learning theories B. psychoanalytic theory C. cognitive theories D. ethological theories