A group of athletic sixth grade students read and discussed the novel, Travel Team, a story
about neighborhood basketball teams. Their teacher correctly realized that her students almost
seemed to comprehend the novel better than she did primarily because they:
a) played on basketball teams and had more background knowledge
b) preferred to read poetry rather than prose
c) did not have a genuine interest in the story
d) were able to discuss the novel with their parents
Question 2
Of the following, teachers can most effectively help their students learn new words by:
a) providing daily opportunities for students to read books independently
b) allowing the students to sit together at tables rather than isolated desks
c) asking the students to read in a round-robin manner
d) displaying more posters in the classroom
The Local Group
Eleanor Antin, Minetta Lane—A Ghost Story.
The Laocoön Group, Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes.
Students working in a group
An 8th grade class develops a linear model that predicts the number of cheerios (a small round ...