Nystce Ats-W Elementary Tests Answers

Factors that Influence Children's Developmental Accomplishments {Ans: level of maternal education, minority-language stats, family income, family structure (i.e., divorced, separated, adopted)}motivation to learn {Ans: the meaningfulness, value, and benefit of learning overall to a learner -long-term, quality involvement in learning --motivation to learn reflects a lifelong trend, not a response to a particular assignment/teacher/course}5 Instructional Methods Used in Full Inclusion Classrooms {Ans: 1. One Teach, One Support Method-- a supporting teacher sits next to a student with special needs while the main teacher delivers whole-class instruction. (teachers will switch roles) 2. Station Teaching-- teachers will run stations, teaching a portion of a lesson at each station. students will rotate from station to station in order to gain all necessary material. pros: smaller teacher-to-student ratio, shorter periods of academic engaged time (prevents disinterest) cons: many transitions, lessons cannot build on one another since students must be able to start at any station 3. Parallel Teaching-- two teachers simultaneously teach the same lesson, each to half of the class pros: smaller teacher-to-student ratio cons: noisy classroom, as the noise from each of the 2 lessons may interfere 4. Alternative Teaching-- two groups, one with three times as many students