A kindergarten teacher gave her new students a pre-test designed to measure their language skills. This test involved several items and yielded a score out of a maximum of 15. At the end of the year, the students were tested again to see if their language skills had improved. The teacher rank-ordered all the students based on their scores on both pre- and post-tests. What non-parametric test would you choose to answer the question?
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer:
Wilcoxon signed-ranks test
You might also like to view...
What is meant by reading fluency?
What will be an ideal response?
According to a family systems model, a family consists of:
a. Parents and children b. All important influences on children c. Foster families, biological families, and orphanages d. Family and nonfamily members who have important caregiving responsibilities
Mrs. Davis calls on a student who seems unprepared to answer the question. Mrs. Davis restates the question and stays with the student, who is having difficulty responding. How would your text author evaluate this approach?
a) It is not a good approach because it places the student and teacher in a power struggle. b) It is not a good approach because it communicates negative expectations to the student. c) It is a good approach because it shows the teacher's authority. d) It is a good approach because it communicates positive expectations to the student.
Self-determination theory is most closely akin to which other theory?
a. Bandura’s social learning b. Erikson’s developmental stages c. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs d. Skinner’s operant conditioning