Imagine you are teaching at a school that serves students from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The students tend to congregate in groups along ethnic lines, to the point that they are quite exclusive, and hostilities are building up between ethnic groups. Using guidelines presented in the textbook, describe three strategies you and your fellow teachers might use to foster positive interaction and friendships across the groups. Describe each strategy in a separate paragraph, and be specific about what you might do.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
System in which a grade represents a specific set of accomplishments, which can be identified for one student independently of the performance of other students (for example, getting 80 percent of the questions right).
a. criterion-referenced grading system
b. relative improvement grading system
c. absolute performance grading system
d. norm-referenced grading system
Saturn’s Diverse Moons
Projections of the Racial-Ethnic Makeup of the U.S. Population
Students and Money
Ethnic and Religious Diversity
Including Students with Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers, 8th Edition
Cost of Going to School