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WorksheetsCurriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Pages 25-31
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Effective middle grades teachers and administrators are specifically prepared to work with and advocate for young adolescents through specialized middle grades professional preparation.
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Middle grades professional preparation incorporates opportunities for preservice teachers to engage in delayed, haphazard and low-quality clinical experiences in middle grades classrooms.
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Successful middle grades professional preparation programs integrate equity-oriented and anti-racist pedagogies throughout preservice teachers' programs to (a) them to address issues of equity, diversity, and social justice in their future classrooms.
Together clinical experiences and university courses prepare teachers to implement equitable practices in middle grades classrooms and moves teaching from (a) intentions to effective action, thus developing their ability to become advocates for change.
Though middle grades teacher preparation matters, there are many middle grades teachers and administrators whose pathways to the profession required limited or no specialized middle grades training.
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Young (a) deserve (b) who are prepared and deeply committed to working with them
A middle grades curriculum invites students to learn about matters of personal, social, moral, and ethical significance.
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Define "hidden curriculum".
what students learn directly but surely from the people with whom they interact, the structures in which they work and the issues that inevitably occur....
what students learn indirectly but surely from the people with whom they interact, the structures in which they work and the issues that inevitably occur....
Identify the actions successful middle grade educators do. Choose 3.
examine materials to identify what is missing in order to provide a more inclusive and anti-racist curriculum
facilitate explicit and developmentally appropriate conversations about race.
examine materials to identify what is misrepresented in order to provide a more inclusive and anti-racist curriculum
facilitate explicit and developmentally appropriate conversations about taking selfies.
Challenging curriculum addresses substantive concepts and skills and is appropriately geared to each (a) level of understanding and (b) .
Creating or adapting curriculum to challenge each student requires significant planning, flexibility, and collaboration among educators, families, and the students themselves.
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In successful middle schools, learning tasks are perceived as achievable, even if difficult, and reflect high expectations for (a) students.
The middle school is the finding place. It is a place that invites young adolescents to be adventuresome, curious explorers.
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Adolescents deserve chances to ascertain their special interests and aptitudes, to engage in (a) that will broaden their views of the world and of themselves.
Educators support students' understanding of local, national, and global civic responsibilities and co-facilitate opportunities for them to demonstrate active citizenship through participation in endeavors that benefit their schools and broader communities.
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Middle grades curriculum is least meaningful when it exposes students to multiple viewpoints and discourages young adolescents to explore diverse perspectives.
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Middle grades educators understand that a colorblind approach to the race or ethnicity of students creates opportunities for teachers to make curriculum relevant to the lives of students.
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A diverse curriculum requires educators to design learning that builds on and sustains students' cultural and linguistic backgrounds and experiences.
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Students make decisions about curricular goals, content and explore curriculum through which modes of learning? Choose the 3 correct responses.
apprenticeships
independent study
small group
copying from dictionary
Successful middle schools also foster new interests and open doors to new knowledge and opportunities.
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