1. Define the term culture. Explain how culture, cultural diversity, and ethnicity influences learning. What multicultural approaches can educators use to enhance students learning and demonstrate culturally responsive teaching?
2. Describe at least three major approaches for helping EL students learn.
3. Explain how gender differences influences school success and how effective teachers respond to these differences.
4. Explain the specifics of PL 94-142 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the guidelines it provides for working with students with exceptionalities.
5. Explain how schools have changed the ways they help meet students with exceptionalities needs, and support learners.
6. Explain how federal legislation has identified students for special services. Identify the categories and percentages of students with exceptionalities.
7. Who is Howard Gardner and what were his views on intelligence and learning? Describe and identify Gardner's theory and the dimensions of intelligence.
8. What is emotional intelligence? What are some of the factors associated with mature emotional intelligence and immature emotional intelligence?
9. What are learning styles? In at least one paragraph with five or more sentences, explain why it is important to help children identify and recognize their learning style?
10. What is an IEP and the components addressed in the IEP?