All of the following statements are true about rural schools except
A.Most rural schools receive extra funding because they serve students
who live in low SES homes.
B. It may be difficult to hire teachers in a rural area.
C. Populations in rural schools tend to be stable.
D. There may be a real sense of community in rural settings.
A
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. Reliable scores are nearly always valid. b. Reliability is concerned with what a test measures. c. A reliable test measures well whatever it measures. d. Reliability of a test is more difficult than validity to determine.
One of the defining features of cooperative learning is the use of heterogeneous groups: small groups of students who vary in ability, gender, and socioeconomic status. What does the research say about the effectiveness of heterogeneous versus homogeneous ability groups?
a. Students in homogeneous ability groups do better on tests of problem solving than students in mixed ability groups. b. Students in mixed ability groups do better on tests of problem solving than students in homogeneous ability groups. c. Students in homogeneous ability groups score about the same on tests of problem solving than students in mixed ability groups. d. There is no research on this question at the present time.
Mrs. Carmike gives students three options for their projects at the end of a geography unit. These projects will assess students' knowledge and skills on the basis of the objectives she presented at the beginning of each lesson in the unit. Which of the following is Mrs. Carmike most likely to do in developing a rubric for grading the projects?
a. Provide a category for grading each student's project on the basis of a peer teacher's judgment. b. Award top points to the projecthaving the greatest visual appeal. c. Provide a category for students' assessment of each project on the basis of the project's appeal to students' interests. d. Include a criterion for judging the accuracy of information presented by each student.
Richey and Wheeler (2000) suggest that we add a dimension of "family-first" to the notion of "person-
first" because: a. we must always be more family-centered than child-centered b. family members must not be thought of as individuals, but as a unit c. families are just families, rather than "special needs" families d. political correctness and the current professional practice requires it