To foster development of metacognitive oversight in students in a middle-school language arts class, the most effective lesson would provide students with:
a. strategies and tools that help them to focus their attention and self-assess their understanding.
b. a list of difficult vocabulary words, their definitions, and a passage that uses each word at least once.
c. assignments that require them to identify main ideas and draw inferences from stories and other fictional texts.
d. opportunities to use computerized technology that presents chunks of information to match each individual's reading speed.
Question 2
Research shows that when students work on authentic writing tasks, they:
a. are more organized and communicate more information clearly.
b. tend to use drawings and multimedia that detract from the writing.
c. focus mostly on content and make mistakes in mechanics like punctuation and spelling.
d. have difficulty structuring their thoughts and so need extra guidance from the teacher.
Structures of the middle ear and inner ear.
Brain Development
Inherited DNA directs development of an organism.
Economic and Social Development
Tia, an African-American mother of two school-aged children
Development of the Reproductive Systems