Dennis Jennings

question True or False – READ 180 Universal supports struggling readers and prepares them for college, career, and beyond. answer True – READ 180 U brings struggling readers up to grade level proficiency by scaffolding text and providing strong teacher and technology support. question What is the major belief of Growth Mindset? answer Intelligence CAN […]

question Plot answer The series of events in a story. Most have 5 stages: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. question Exposition answer The first stage of a typical story plot. Provides important background information and introduces the setting and the important characters. May also introduce the conflict. If not, conflict will be […]

question Professionalization of teaching answer the steadily increasing political influence and status of teaching as a profession; National board certification, state-sponsored teacher networks, shared decision making, peer review, teacher-mentor programs, and the growing influence of teacher researchers question problems for beginning teachers answer maintaining classroom discipline, motivating students, responding to individual differences, assessing students’ work, […]

question A static document that never changes answer A teacher’s philosophy of education is all of the following except: question What is truth? answer All of the following are questions that relate to metaphysics except question Metaphysics in the classroom answer Mr. Jackson attempts to inspire his students to look to the future and find […]

question action research answer applied research that treats knowledge as a form of power. question action research characteristics answer 1. actively involve research participants in the process, data collection. 2. incorporate everyday experiences into the study. 3. examine issues of exploitation, oppression, power and inequality. 4. seek to raise consciousness and awareness. 5. Link study […]

question public policy answer any law, regulation, principle, or plan established by an agency, arm, or branch of government public policy involves action and is shaped by many players, including private sector entities, interested in its outcome. question What are the six types of tools they can exercise in the domain of public policy? answer […]

question start of social media answer synonymous with web 2.0 and user generated content. Web 2.0 started around 2000 to describe new web uses and increased interactivity. all content became seen as modifiable continuously by all not just up there. question blog answer web log. a web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal […]

question Law answer a general rule of conduct that is enforced by the government. when law is violated the government imposes a penalty question public laws answer deal with the relationships between individuals and the government question private laws answer deal with relationships among individuals. two types of private laws are tort and contract actions […]

question an individual soul or spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved, rebirth answer reincarnation question good or bad deeds that follow from one reincarnation to another answer karma question founded by Mahavira, who believed that everything in the universe has a soul and should not me harmed answer Jainism question born […]

question Social psychologist John Gottman has made his reputation in the field of answer marital communication. question Chronic criticism, nagging, nitpicking, and sarcasm are all forms of answer passive-aggression. question James feels that he has an unhappy marriage: He has been angry with his wife for a long time, but he won’t express it openly. […]

question The development stage of adolescent is likely to be most brief in cultures where teens are answer financially self- supporting question The body structures that enable reproduction are the answer primary sex characteristics question The first ejaculation is to an adolescent boy as ___________ is to an adolescent girl. answer menarche question Boys who […]

question their sons answer In Asian nations, parents depend more on ____________ for support in old age. question of past sexual discrimination answer Feminist theory argues that old women may be poorer than old men because: question family members. answer The largest percentage of substantiated abuse of the elderly is perpetrated by: question selective optimization […]

question ___________ is violence that is designed not for profit or gain but to vent rage, anger, or frustration. answer expressive violence question Neuroscientists claim to have found differences in both the limbic system and the ________________ of the brain that separates aggressive, violent people from the more level-headed and reasonable. answer prefrontal cortex question […]

question Socially Marginalized Groups answer Vulnerable and frequently victimized populations who typically have littler economic, political, and social power. (AIDS & cancer patients, elderly, children, lower SES) question How much genetic variation exists within and between races? answer About 94% of genetic variation is within races, and less than 5% is between them. question Race […]

question Regulating interactions answer Conversations are highly structured, with people typically taking turns at talking in a smooth and highly organized sequence. Which nonverbal code could you use to maintain the back-and-forth sequencing of a conversation? question Body modifications answer If you were particularly attracted to or distracted by a person’s piercing during a conversation, […]

question Markets answer Places where buyers and sellers exchange goods and services. They are the foundation of economic life today. question Social Network answer Composed of ties between people: family, friends, colleagues, classmates, etc. question How do social ties affect markets? answer Markets need social ties to establish the trust necessary to carry out economic […]

question Stereotypes: answer -traits, generalization applied to every person in a particular category -race and ethnicity question What’s an example of race stereotypes? answer white people can’t dance question Race: answer Socially constructed category of people who share biological traits question ____ ____ and ____ ____ are examples of race answer skin color, facial features […]

question 2 explanations for conformity answer Normative social influence and informational social influence question What is normative social influence? answer A form of influence whereby an individual conforms to the majority in order to gain approval and acceptance. question What is informational social influence? answer A form of influence which occurs because an individual wants […]

question Literacy answer the ability to read and write question William Whewell answer Coined the word ‘scientist’ as analogy to ‘art’ and ‘artist.’ He analyzed inductive reasoning into three steps. He wrote on inductive reasoning, but is considered a proponent of H-D. question Positivism answer A philosophy developed by the French count of Saint-Simon. Positivists […]

question You sign up for an RSS feed from CNN.com. Which of the following would you expect to happen? answer You will be notified of updates in the content areas you selected. question Which of the following statements concerning blogging is false? answer A reader can believe all of the details in a blog. question […]

question Nisbett and his colleagues conducted a study on graduate students in different disciplines to determine factors related to statistical reasoning. They found that _____________ appeared to influence how accurately and logically they reasoned through everyday problems. answer training in statistics question In a study by Correll et al. (2002) described in the text, people […]

question 5. The text compares the complexities and richness of human personality to the way a color wheel, consisting of a mere three colors, can create the entire spectrum of colors visible to the human eye. This analogy illustrates how A. the color spectrum varies with different human emotions. B. individuals are as unique and […]