The four teachers below are assigning homework to their students. Which teacher is giving an assignment that's inconsistent with general recommendations regarding the appropriate use of homework?
A) Mr. Rhodes asks his eighth graders to write the answers to a series of questions based on material they've been studying over the past week.
B) Ms. Wong asks her sixth graders to make up sentences using each of their new spelling words.
C) Mr. Needham asks his first graders to bring something from home that begins with the letter B.
D) Ms. Powell asks her high school algebra students to read the next two chapters in their textbook, do the end-of-chapter problems, and submit their work to be graded.
Question 2
Which one of the following best illustrates differentiated instruction?
A) Having students work in cooperative groups with peers from diverse cultural backgrounds
B) Using at least three different instructional methods (e.g., a lecture, a cooperative learning activity, and computer-based instruction) in a single lesson
C) Using competitive activities with boys but cooperative activities with girls
D) Assigning different reading materials to different students, depending on each student's current reading skills
Brain during Homework
Mark Twain supplemented his income as a writer by giving humorous lectures.
Biology Teacher
An example of continuous variation: biology students organized according to height.
Biology homework
Students working around a computer