Which of the following is probably a better title for an in-service?
a. "Promoting inquiry for elementary students across the curriculum"
b. "Biology topics for elementary and middle school students"
c. "physical science topics for the third grade"
d. "teaching physical, biological, and earth sciences in the elementary school."
Correct answer: d
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What will be an ideal response?
In Klahr's research on figuring out the function of RPT button on a programmable toy vehicle, most elementary school children:
a. eventually solved the problem b. tended to focus on only one kind of theory c. changed their theory when it conflicted with the results of a run d. showed they were able to engage in successful scientific reasoning
Gaining consent from children can be difficult and children have the right to be involved or not on an ongoing basis. For this reason, researchers should
A. Assess the situation on a moment-by-moment basis. Informed consent should be regarded as an ongoing negotiation between the researcher and child B. Gain consent from the child’s parents throughout the research process C. Make the research fun so the child will want to take part D. Offer the child incentives to ensure their continued participation
The nonequivalent comparison-group design is a quasi-experimental design in which, for reasons of practicality, we cannot insure that the control and experimental groups are equivalent to each other when the experiment begins. The major interpretational difficulty imposed by this design is:
a. Measuring whether the two groups are different from each other on the posttest b. Deciding how much each group has gained c. Determining when enough data points are collected d. Being sure that any differences between groups at the end of the experiment are due to the independent variable’s influence and not due to preexisting group differences