Describe the “average” public school teacher in the United States today. How well does the teaching population match the student population?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: The average teacher today is over forty, white, and female, with an average age of 46. Over 87 percent of teachers are white. The proportion of male teachers has recently risen to around 30 percent. The teaching population does not match the diverse student population. There is a need for younger, more diverse teachers.
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b. limiting eating areas to one or two appropriate places. c. allowing children to get up from the table as they wish. d. not allowing children to eat while standing or walking. e. the teacher sitting and talking with the children while they eat, or better yet, eating with them.
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a. simple random sampling. c. cluster sampling. b. stratified sampling. d. quota sampling.
Of the following, which best describes how effective assessments promote learner self-regulation?
a. Effective assessments provide students with feedback about their learning progress. b. Effective assessments provide teachers with information they can use to assign student grades. c. Effective assessments communicate student strengths and weaknesses to parents and other caregivers. d. Effective assessments prevent classroom management problems by keeping students focused on academic goals.
Responsibilities of teachers in transition are limited to instruction in the traditional academic areas. v
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.