Academic tracking, identified by educational researcher Jeannie Oakes (1992, 2005), is one of the most damaging school practices to impact the education of students
a. True
b. False
True
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A person who has ancestors that are original people of a particular land, and who shares a sense of peoplehood with his or her tribe’s cultural background and history, is
a. an indigenous person. b. an immigrant. c. a migrant. d. a refugee.
Mike desperately wants to do well on the SAT Reasoning Test, because his scores on this test will affect his chances of getting into his first-choice college
He also knows that many students at his school think SAT scores are good indicators of how "smart" one is. Yet the night before the test, rather than get a good night's sleep, Mike goes out with his friends, has a few beers, comes home late, and wakes up with a hangover. With this information in mind, we might suspect that Mike: a. Is engaging in self-handicapping b. Is working hard to counteract the effects of stereotype threat c. Is the victim of situated motivation d. Has facilitating anxiety about the test
A researcher records the number of times children engage in various activities in a nearby park by recording their play behavior every 15 minutes. This type of observation uses:
a. Time sampling b. Event sampling c. Anecdotal recording d. Specimen records
Why would Skinner caution against the use of response cost?
What will be an ideal response?