Ms. Fernandez is a first year teacher who wants to maintain good classroom management, but also wants her students to learn in a caring community Which of the following might you include in your recommendations to her?
a. Keep your focus on teacher control.
b. Minimize student autonomy.
c. Develop positive relationships with students.
d. Begin by avoiding one-on-one interactions with students.
Ques. 2Which of the following is an example of universal design?
a. schools built to enhance the use of technology in every classroom.
b. word processing software that improves writing skills for struggling writers
c. learning programs that consider the needs of all users in creating learning environments
d. academic software that simulates real-world environments for problem-based learning.
Ques. 3Many studies have been conducted to determine the effects of computer usage on learning. Does computer use support academic learning?
a. Using computer tutorial programs appears to improve achievement test scores for K-12 students.
b. Simulations appear to result in the greatest increases in achievement test scores for K-12 students.
c. Enrichment programs appear to yield the greatest advances in academic development for K-12 students.
d. Using technology-rich learning environments (TREs) appears to improve achievement test scores for K-12 students.
Ques. 4Two days before her high school graduation (and one day before all of her out-of-town relatives arrived), Nichole cut her long hair into a short boyish style. She also dyed her auburn hair black and pierced her tongue. Her parents were stunned and concerned that her tongue appeared to be getting infected. They wondered what Nichole's grandparents would say. What do we know about cognitive development in adolescence that might help us understand Nichole's behavior?
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Ques. 5Describe the process used in cognitive apprenticeships and give an example of a cognitive apprenticeship in a high school classroom.
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Ques. 6Discuss three key ways in which adolescents' thinking or cognitive development changes compared to their middle childhood years.
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Ques. 7Mr. Rivera is a teacher who adheres largely to behaviorist and social learning perspectives in his classroom. Describe at least three different things he might do in his classroom that would be consistent with these perspectives.
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Ques. 8Although Jimmy is generally a good math student, he is having a great deal of trouble with word problems. His teacher, Ms. Marx, wonders how she can best help him. Which theoretical perspective would you recommend that Ms. Marx use as an aid for thinking about how to help Jimmy: a biological, behaviorist, or cognitive-process approach? Justify your answer.
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Ques. 9Mr. Walsh is chairing a committee that will be exploring effective ways of addressing the needs of the middle-school students. He wants to present suggestions to the committee of strategies and practices that will enhance the motivation and address the particular needs of students who are in middle school. Discuss specific strategies and practices that will address these developmental needs and enhance student motivation.
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Ques. 10Most aspects of development are clearly influenced by both nature and nurture. Thinking specifically about physical growth and development, describe at least one way in which nature influences development, and at least one way in which nurture influences development.
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Ques. 11Some developmentalists have proposed stage theories to describe the changes they observe in growing children. By stage, they mean:
a. A worrisome characteristic that temporarily appears in some children's development
b. An episode in which a child acts in ways very different from his or her general personality
c. A period of development in which certain ways of thinking or behaving are typical
d. An age range in which most youngsters are likely to exhibit irritable or unruly behavior
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