Describe the big ideas about probability for elementary school children
What will be an ideal response?
Complete answers will include the following big ideas about probability (Tarr 2002). Probability is the measure of likelihood of future events. A sample space is the set of all possible outcomes and their associated probabilities of occurring. Probability helps predict outcomes of simple experiments. Students can make estimates of probability by using data from experiments.
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Does the First Amendment apply to public schools?
a. Yes. The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to incorporate the provisions of the First Amendment and therefore applies within the public school context. b. No. The Supreme Court ruled in Hazelwood that there are no First Amendment rights in schools. c. No. The First Amendment is not applicable in the public school context. d. Yes. The First Amendment was enacted in 1901 for the primary purpose of allowing freedom of speech in public schools. e. None of the above.
Cynthia is a qualitative researcher who has enrolled in the class as a student to experience a new treatment—knitting as a means to increase fine motor skills in occupational therapy. Cynthia could best enhance trustworthiness in her study by
a. increasing the number of data sources. b. spending less time in the field. c. modifying the type of observations that she makes. d. not including her reflections in her field notes.
An assessment that yields consistent results is:
a. fair. b. practical. c. reliable. d. valid.
Kiana has been helping her father bake the family holiday cookies for years. This year she's taking on the responsibility of baking the cookies not just for her family but doubling the recipe to take some to her teacher. Managing some of the doubling of the fractional amounts has been challenging, but all the cookies turned out delicious! Kiana is demonstrating which of Piaget's stages?
a. sensorimotor stage b. preoperational stage c. concrete operational stage d. formal operations stage