Author Question: Cristal rushes through her spelling assignments and her seatwork. She likes to finish first and ... (Read 108 times)

roselinechinyere27m · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Cristal rushes through her spelling assignments and her seatwork. She likes to finish first and read, but she makes careless mistakes and turns in incomplete work. Her teacher has tried several strategies that have not worked with Cristal. Now she plans to use applied behavior analysis. She tells Cristal that the goal is for her to complete the seatwork with fewer than three errors and no incompletions. She tells Cristal she will give her a token each time she meets the goal. If she achieves five tokens in a week, she will choose a reward from the surprise basket. Now what does the teacher need to do?

a. Change the goal every time Cristal earns a token.
b. Alter the intervention every week to keep Cristal interested.
c. Keep a record of Cristal's results and modify the plan if necessary.
d. Offer the same intervention and incentives to all children in the class.

Question 2

Mr. Thibodaux teaches in a large middle school with students from all socioeconomic levels and a wide range of racial and ethnic diversity. He is examining the standardized test scores of his students in an effort to determine their areas of strength and weakness. If his students represent national averages, where will he find the greatest gaps in academic achievement?

a. The gaps between scores of wealthy and poor students
b. The gaps between scores of White and African American students
c. The gaps betweenscores of White and Hispanic students
d. The gaps between scores of White and Asian American students