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ss2343

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Which of the following best describes expert teaching?
 
  a. Expert teaching is essentially instinctive, and it is virtually impossible to acquire the skills needed to be an expert teacher in the absence of a great deal of natural ability.
  b. Some teachers possess more natural ability than others, but expertise can be acquired through study and practice.
  c. Expertise in teaching is acquired solely through experience in classrooms, and formal study of teaching is largely a waste of time.
  d. Expert teaching in elementary schools can be developed with study and practice, but expert teaching in middle and secondary schools depends primarily on teachers' knowledge of content.

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Of the following, what is the best description of a theory?
 
  a. A series of related patterns that can be used as a basis for explanation and prediction.
  b. A large body of information that has limited value in the real world.
  c. An abstract description of events taking place primarily in the sciences.
  d. A series of descriptions and conjectures that don't have any basis in fact.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a





 

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