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fagboi

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It is not unusual for students at this age to make jokes at someone else's expense. As a teacher, what should you do if you hear such teasing in your classroom?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Tyler has dyslexia. Which one of the following characteristics is most often associated with this condition?
 
  a. Difficulty in hearing the individual sounds in words
  b. Low self-efficacy about all academic content domains
  c. Writing letters or words as mirror images of themselves
  d. Little understanding of commonly used words in spoken language



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Answer to Question 1

A teacher should definitely not ignore such teasing, as Tom's English teacher appears to do. Instead, teasing that is clearly hurtful to another student should be actively discouraged. Following are examples of possible strategies:
 Establish and enforce firm rules for acceptable classroom behavior. Such rules should include prohibitions against statements that belittle or are in other ways hurtful to fellow students.
 Take the guilty students aside and speak with them about the effects their thoughtless remarks are having

Answer to Question 2

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