A test item has reliability when it measures that which it is intended to measure

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


ANS:False

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Providing students with many opportunities to practice previously learned skills, providing students with appropriate retrieval cues, and teaching students how to create general rules or strategies are all instructional techniques for

a. promoting cognitive transfer. b. helping students learn how to identify problems. c. helping students learn how to frame problems. d. promoting a cognitive apprenticeship.

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Three of the following statements about the effects of heredity and/or environment on intelligence are accurate. Which one is not accurate?

a. Children tend to get higher IQ scores when they attend school regularly. b. Poor nutrition in the early years can adversely affect children's cognitive development. c. Biologists working in the Human Genome Project have recently identified the chromosome that carries the "intelligence" gene. d. On average, children's performance on intelligence tests has risen around the world, suggesting that improvements in environmental conditions enhance IQ.

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Which of the following best describes the staffing of state boards of education and state offices of education?

a. State boards are staffed by professional educators, whereas state offices are staffed by lay people (people who are not trained as professional educators). b. Both state boards and state offices are staffed by professional educators. c. Both state boards and state offices are staffed by lay people, who hire professional educators as consultants. d. State boards are staffed by lay people, whereas state offices are staffed by professional educators.

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If you were to analyse the effect of caffeine dose (no caffeine, high and low doses) on reaction time, which of the following might be considered the most reasonable covariate?

A. Motivation B. Team cohesion C. Intelligence D. Aerobic capacity

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