a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions;

Marshmallow theory

traditionally referred to placing  special needs students in regular classroom setting for at least part of the day;

part of the day, only one teacher

reflects a stronger commitment to educate each student in a least-restrictive environment to the maximum degree possible;

all day, with more than one teacher

the most widely used system for determining the intellectual level of questions; proceeds from the lowest level of questions, knowledge, to the highest levels, evaluation and creation

can be answered through memory and recall; students either know the answer of do not; 70-95% of a teachers questions are lower-order questions

Ask lower-order questions when students are:

·         Being introduced to new information

·         Working on drill and practice

·         Reviewing previously learned information

·         Working on problem-solving skills

·         Involved in a creative or affective discussion

·         Asked to make judgments about quality, aesthetics, or ethics

·         Challenged to manipulate already established information in more sophisticated ways

places special needs children with everyone else;    

   protects children with disabilities from being inappropriately segregated from their age-group peers.  Court decisions have urged that students with special needs be educated with children without disabilities as much as possible.  These placements can help students develop relationships and reduce their feelings of isolation.

1. Structure
2. Question
3. Respond
4. React