What problems do you see in Mr. Wilson's practice of posting good papers on the bulletin board?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2Identify at least two different ways in which Mr. Beezley might assess his students' learning in a manner consistent with their culture.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3How might Ms. Fieseler encourage Seth to participate in the cooperative learning activity?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4Should Mr. Beezley change his expectations for students' classroom behavior in his new teaching situation? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5In Navajo culture, an older child may often assist a younger child with a new task. The benefits of such assistance are most easily explained using ________ view of cognitive development.
a. Piaget's
b. Vygotsky's
c. behaviorists'
d. information processing theorists'
Ques. 6How would a behaviorist be most likely to explain Courtney's anxiety while reading in front of the class?
a. Courtney may have seen other students make mistakes while reading and be ridiculed by their peers.
b. Courtney was probably born with an anxious temperament, and so she is easily rattled by unexpected events.
c. At some point in Courtney's past, a bad experience caused her to associate reading with unpleasant circumstances.
d. Courtney attributes her success on the star chart to luck, and she doubts whether she will be so lucky when reading to her peers.
Ques. 7Is it a good idea for Ms. Gonzales to focus the week's spelling list on words related to Halloween?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8Should teachers try to teach academics on the day of a class party?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 9What are potential strengths and weaknesses of the letter that Ms. Gonzales sends home to parents and guardians? In your analysis, draw on principles of effective parent-teacher communication.
What will be an ideal response?
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