Three of the following statements accurately describe environmental influences on the development of epistemic beliefs. Which statement is not accurate?
a. As students observe experts disagreeing about a particular topic, they increasingly realize that even authority figures aren't always reliable sources of what is true and accurate.
b. The extent to which students accept what authority figures tell them is partly a function of the culture in which they have grown up.
c. Classroom demands for word-for-word memorization increase as students move through the secondary grades and post-secondary education.
d. Students who have grown up in Asian cultures are apt to believe that knowledge is the result of hard work, whereas students who have grown up in the United States are apt to believe that knowledge should come quickly and easily.
c
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Positive and negative reinforcement are similar in that:
a. They both produce an increase in responding. b. They both involve a stimulus change following a target behavior. c. They can either be conditioned or unconditioned. d. All of the above
What does the introduction to "The Bible in State Academic Standards" reveal?
A. California students are expected to learn that Jesusisn't God. B. New York students cannot learn about the Bible C. Massachusetts students are expected to explain the Gospel. D. Most state's academic standards censor Christianity.
According to the textbook, which of the following is the type of formative assessment that is characterized by answers to oral questions?
a. Embedded b. Summative-based c. Process-oriented
Which of the following is not a higher-order thinking skill?
a. Comparing b. Synthesizing c. Classifying d. Computing