When Alana, an English Language Learner, read the sentence, "Blow out your birthday candles," she became confused because she had never had a birthday cake. A lack of background knowledge that affects comprehension can be categorized as a:
a) text factor
b) reader factor
c) miscue
d) semantic error
b
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Critics such as Carl Rogers find fault with behaviorism for its lack of concern for
a. outside influences. b. the inner realm. c. emotional instability. d. scientific methodology.
Which of the following questions is the least appropriate for historical research?
A. To what extent does additional funding of schools improve student achievement? B. To what extent do tuition tax credits perpetuate segregation? C. Which computer software program is most effective in teaching algebra? D. Why is school compulsory in the United States?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
The Belmont Report was published in 1979 by a national commission established by Congress in 1974.
"Free agents" are a development in work:
a) where people design their work lives independently to match their own needs and goals. b) where workers appear to give up a certain amount of self-direction for job security and a larger paycheck. c) confined to athletic workers in sports and actors/actresses in motion pictures and television. d) that seem to have little or nothing to do with technological change.