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What may high-stakes testing influence? - a. The evaluation of teachers. b. Whether a student is to continue in the next level of schooling. c. What content is taught within the classroom. d. All of the above. What are teachers likely to experience as a result of IDEA 2004? - a. A classroom with a variety of children of different ethnic backgrounds b. A work environment with little to no accommodations for students c. A classroom with a few students who have special educational needs ...

You are teaching a high school English class. You want your students to be able to write a coherent thesis paper by the end of the quarter. According to the text, which type of approach is this to formulating a learning objective? Why? cognitive approach, because it is from specific to general (Correct Answer) cognitive approach, because it is from general to specific behavioral approach, because it is from specific to general behavioral approach, because it is from general t...

What 3 things may high stakes testing influence? - - the evaluation of teachers - whether a student is to continue in the next level - what content is taught withing the classroom A math teacher wants to find out why her students are having trouble understanding fractions. She reviews their homework, analyzes their quiz scores, and even speaks to some students about the topic. She decides to try a new strategy for teaching fractions that she learned at a conference for math teachers. She ...

The tendency for humans to be more helpful and favorable of members of their own group is known as - In-group bias Jimmy and Susie both demonstrate misbehavior in class. In one sentence, explain which student is most likely to be criticized for this behavior and why? - Jimmy would be more likely to be criticized this behavior because in general boys are more likely to get called out for misbehavior in class. Girls on the other hand are more likely to be criticized for answering a question inc...

Sources of Self Efficacy - Mastery Exper= direct experiences of successfully completing a task Vicarious= observing other succeeding on a task similar to the on you face Social Persuasion= specific performance feedback or pep talk which can lead a student to make an effort, attempt new strategies, or try hard to succeed Level of Arousal= physical or psychological reactions to make a person feel alert, excited or tense Cognitive Equilibrium --- Piaget - Act or process of searching for a bal...

action research understand/test a particular phenomenon (change the teaching side or learning side) - Working with students - Qualitative or quantitative - Plan, act, develop a plan, communicate, and reflect - Is the new curriculum working? ethnography a descriptive approach that focuses on the life of a group, ties in the meaning of events to the people involved (outsiders pov/observer) - Qualitative - Study of people within their own environment - What is going on? case studies int...

The process of searching for a balance between cognitive schemas and environmental information - Cognitive equilibrium Positive reinforcement - to add Negative reinforcement - to remove Cheryl generates a list of solutions for the recycling problem (not pre-decided) - example of creative thinking Brofenbrenners ecological systems model - Micro, Meso, Exo, Macro, Crono systems Immediate relationships and activities - Microsystem 2nd removed from individual--looks at relationship...

Correlation Coefficient - How strongly two variables are correlated Piaget's Theory - Cognitive skills change from trying to make sense of the world. Development leads to learning. Influenced by maturation, social experiences, equilibration Assimilation - Incorporating information into existing schemes Accommodation - Changing existing schemes Sensorimotor stage - (0-2) Imitation, object permanence, goal-directed actions Preoperational stage - (2-7) Language use, symbolic thinkin...

Vygotsky's view of development - children influenced through interactions with others; zone of proximal development; language + dialogue = development; continuous; nurture; culture specific Piaget's view of development - development happens in different stages, discontinuous; both nature and nurture; universal to the rest of the world; psychological construction Piaget's stages of development - 1. Sensorimotor- no object permanence 2. Preoperational- dramatic play 3. Concrete operati...