Educational policy reports in the mid-1980s emphasized
a. academic excellence.
b. educational equality.
c. the relevance of education to conditions in society.
d. the whole-child concept.
ANSWER: a
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A researcher computes a one-sample z test in two studies. Both studies used the same alpha level, placed the rejection region in both tails, and measured the same sample mean. The researcher selects a sample of 30 participants in Study 1 and decides to retain the null hypothesis. She selects a sample of 60 participants in Study 2 and decides to reject the null hypothesis. Which of the following is the best explanation for why the decision was different in Study 1 and Study 2?
A. The different decisions in Study 1 and Study 2 are not possible because all values were the same. B. The different decisions in Study 1 and Study 2 are not possible because the researcher tested the same hypothesis. C. The different decisions in Study 1 and Study 2 are due to an error the researcher made in the first hypothesis test. D. The different decisions in Study 1 and Study 2 are possible because the second test was associated with greater power to detect an effect.
According to Public Law 94-142 the child with disabilities must be provided all of the following EXCEPT
A. A free public education. B. Special education classes that separate and protect them from student in general education classes for students without disabilities. C. An individually designed curriculum that reflects his or her developmental needs. D. Parental conferences and input into the IEP.
Locus of control refers to
(a) mastery learning (b) a model for teaching (c) acceptance of responsibility when appropriate (d) the chemical eradication of short-horned grasshoppers (e) marriage of pedagogical theory with the realities of instructional practice
Construct evidence is particularly important for
a. achievement tests. b. personality tests. c. aptitude tests. d. both b and c. e. all of the above.