Identify and explain a danger in using fill-in-the-blank (completion) type test items

What will be an ideal response?


That type of item encourages lowest level, simple recall, rote memorization.

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All but which of the following is a best practice when planning science curriculum for young children?

a. Ground learning in children's real life experiences b. Build lessons and activities around inquiry c. Provide hands-on learning experiences for children d. Keep lessons and activities highly teacher-directed

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The most common source of child care for single parent families is

a. grandparents. b. child care centers. c. neighbors and other informal arrangements. d. a combination of several types of care.

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Which core curriculum model is probably the easiest to adopt if the school is in a traditional tracking system?

a) Crossover. b) Enrichment. c) Differentiated. d) Integrated. e) Linear.

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Word Walls can be:

a. problematic when early readers cannot decode the words on them b. useful for covering untaught words c. helpful when they only include exception words d. an important tool for teaching informed guessing

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