Probably the most effective way to study honesty among children in middle schools would be to use
a. an attitude scale asking the children's attitudes toward honesty in school.
b. self-report inventories asking middle school children whether they are honest in school.
c. a situational test in which children have the opportunity to be dishonest.
d. ratings by teachers on the extent that middle school children are honest in school situations.
C
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Ahmed is an eight-year-old immigrant from Spain. He is having difficulty in learning English and often leaves off endings of words. Ahmed has no difficulties when speaking Spanish. In Spain, Ahmed was in the program for gifted learners. He is now struggling academically in the school he attends in the U.S.A. His teacher is considering referring him for the special education process. Does Ahmed have a language deficit?
A. Yes, Ahmed has a language deficit. B. No, Ahmed has a language difference. C. Ahmed has a language deficit and a difference. D. Yes, Ahmed needs special education support.
What criteria exist for selecting and linguistically and culturally appropriate assessment instruments?
What will be an ideal response?
Items on a test should accurately measure the stated outcomes for the unit. What is a second, important consideration in writing test items?
a. Test items should not ask students to do anything they did not specifically practice on homework assignments. b. Test items should generally be taken from the teacher's manual so that they are consistent with problems from the book. c. Test items should be written in a way that minimizes the chances of students correctly guessing answers. d. Tests should rarely, if ever, contain "straightforward" questions requiring specific skills from the unit or chapter. e. Test items should be written such that no single problem takes a student more than about five minutes to solve.
(p. 182-184) Describe the differences between receptive and expressive language development. Write a detailed scenario that illustrates both types of language development.
What will be an ideal response?