Influences on Diverse Learners

Question 1

Multicultural

Answer 1

Hidalgo’s three levels of culture - concrete, behavioral, and spiritual - can be discussed to build a sense of relatedness in the classroom. Making positive connections between schoolwork and home life can support students’ success.

Question 2

Family Culture

Answer 2

Communicating with families, knowing the school community, and appreciating the difference and similarities of family cultures wil help teacher soffer instruction that meets the needs of all children. “Funds of knowledge” (Moll)

Question 3

Cognitive Patterns

Answer 3

According to Piaget’s theory, children move from the preoperational to the concrete operational and then the formal operational stage during their school years. One student can make sense more easily through listening, while anothere prefers visual information. Successful teachers understand their students’ thinking styles and plan lessons to accommodate a wide variety of ways to make meaning

Question 4

According to Piaget’s theory, children move from the preoperational to the concrete operational and then the formal operational stage during their school years. One student can make sense more easily through listening, while anothere prefers visual information. Successful teachers understand their students’ thinking styles and plan lessons to accommodate a wide variety of ways to make meaning

Answer 4

Cognitive Patterns

Question 5

Linguistic Patterns

Answer 5

Language is always used in a social context; therefore, students who have linguistically diverse languate patterns may “code switch.” Teaching techniques similar to those used with kids whose primary language is not English appear to be most successful for children who speak with dialects of standard American English.

Question 6

Language is always used in a social context; therefore, students who have linguistically diverse languate patterns may “code switch.” Teaching techniques similar to those used with kids whose primary language is not English appear to be most successful for children who speak with dialects of standard American English.

Answer 6

Linguistic Patterns

Question 7

Communicating with families, knowing the school community, and appreciating the difference and similarities of family cultures wil help teacher soffer instruction that meets the needs of all children. “Funds of knowledge” (Moll)

Answer 7

Family Culture

Question 8

Age-Appropriate Knowledge and Behavior

Answer 8

Understand students’ physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Must be recorded and reported to parents. A student whose knowledge or behavior is outside the norm for the age group may need differentiated instruction or other supports.