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During the middle school years, young adolescents' need for an increasing sense
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of autonomy can best be met by:
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A. Designing activities and assignments to permit student choice among a range
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B. Using democratic processes to make decisions affecting the whole class
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C. Routinely including blocks of instructed time in students' daily schedules.
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D. assigning grades based primarily on students' self-evaluations of their
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performance. - correct answer- A. Designing activities and assignments to permit
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student choice among a range of options.
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A teaching team in a middle school class is planning an assignment in which
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bstudents will spend several weeks examining the costs and benefits of various
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bhuman activities. Examples of topics studied by students in the past include (Dirt
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bBiking in Wilderness Areas) (The Use of Pesticides on Crops, and Watching
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bTelevision). The teachers will help students identify an activity they are interested
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bin, develop an appropriate plan for collecting information, and decide what type of
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bexamine both the costs and benefits of a particular activity is a valuable exercise
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bfor middle school students primarily because it:
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A. Eliminates the misconception that there is always one ideal solution to any
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,B. Promotes students growing capacity to consider a topic from more than one
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C. ensures that students final conclusions will be - correct answer- A. Eliminates
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the misconception that there is always one ideal solution to any problem.
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Joshua is a three-year old boy who often chooses to play in the block corner
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bduring free play time. For several weeks, Joshua's block constructions have
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bconsisted primarily of repetitive rows made by placing the blocks end to end
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bhorizontally or by stacking them vertically. Based on this information, the BEST N
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bassessments of Joshua's play with the blocks is that he is: N
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A. Too limited in his approach and needs to be stimulated to explore other types
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B. Passing through a predictable stage in his exploration of the block medium.
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C. Exhibiting signs of cognitive delay and should be tested for possible cognitive
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deficits.
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D. Showing the effects of a home environment in which materials other than
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blocks are used to provide cognitive stimulation. - correct answer- B. Passing
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through a predictable stage in his exploration of the block medium.
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A preschooler has a pitcher of milk. After pouring milk from the pitcher into three
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A. Appears to be showing signs of a developmental delay.
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B. Has not grasped the concept of conservation of volume.
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C. Appears to be showing signs of a visual disability.
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D. Has not developed the concept of object permanence. - correct answer- B.
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Has not grasped the concept of conservation of volume.
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The students in an 8th grade class represent a wide range of levels of cognitive
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bteacher's best strategy for adapting instruction to accommodate this degree of
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A. Make use of experiential and hands on activities to complement and illustrate
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B. Group students as much as possible according to level of cognitive
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C. Plan to work with students one on one to the greatest extent possible.
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,D. Target instruction at the average level of cognitive development represented by
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the class overall. - correct answer- A. Make use of experiential and hands on
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activities to complement and illustrate more abstract content.
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A high school junior tells a teacher that he intends to drop out of school because
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A. Focus on the present and have trouble appreciating long term consequences.
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B. Are not yet able to recognize and distinguish the diverse roles of individuals
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C. Find it difficult to apply reasoning skills to any issues that are affecting their
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own lives.
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D. View the authority figures in their lives, including teachers, as being able to
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make the best decisions. - correct answer- A. Focus on the present and have
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trouble appreciating long term consequences.
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According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following
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A. Abstract thought
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Danielle is a 4 year old who prefers to play by herself and is not comfortable
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interacting with other children. To best facilitate Danielle's transition into the next
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stage of play development, the teacher should provide a variety of:
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A. Individual activities and materials that children can do side by side.
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C. Play props and cooperative activities.
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D. Interesting and age appropriate individual activities. - correct answer- A.
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Individual activities and materials that children can do side by side.
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Ms. Nguyen notices that a boy in her kindergarten class comes to school very
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irritable and is hyperactive most of the day. He was trouble concentrating and
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frequently fights with other children. Which of the following actions would be the
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most appropriate first response to this situation?
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B. Monitoring and documenting the behavior to be used at the parent teacher
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C. Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home
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and sleep schedules.
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D. Collaborating with an administrator to develop an interventions plan to address
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behavior. - correct answer- C. Setting up a conference with the child's parents to
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discuss behavior at home and sleep schedules.
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Ms. Ramirez is a fifth grade teacher planning a unit on the environment. The
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bplans for the unit, Ms. Ramirez anticipates potential challenges that may arise
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-Mini lesson 1: How to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information.
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-Mini lesson 2: How to refrain from plagiarism.
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-Mini lesson 3: How to keep their research organized
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To most effectively facilitate the student' understanding of the third mini lesson,
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A. Allow students computer access to record ideas and develop an outline.
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B. Require students to keep a journal to reflect on - correct answer- A. Allow
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A third-grade teacher finds that her class includes a number of English Language
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The teacher plans to modify lessons and materials for the English Language
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A. Present simplified, less academically demanding versions of the content and
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B. Include only those words and language structures that are already familiar to
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C. Focus mainly on acquisition of basic knowledge through teacher presentations
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and guided practice.
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