Which one of the following best reflects the trade-off between practicality and validity?
a. Mr. Andrade is trying to decide whether an essay question about Romeo and Juliet or one about The Merchant of Venice would be more suitable for finding out what his students have learned in a unit on Shakespeare.
b. Mr. Bowman is trying to decide whether to assess students' mastery of tennis either by giving them a paper–pencil test about the rules of the game or by having them get on the tennis court to show how well they can serve and return the ball.
c. Ms. Chisholm is trying to decide whether to use true–false or multiple-choice questions to assess her science students' understanding of physics principles related to force, velocity, and acceleration.
d. Ms. Dorrell is trying to decide whether or not she should take off points for misspellings when she grades students' history essay exams.
b
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A good response to the question "Why do you want this job?" is to discuss how:
a. the pay and benefits are what you are looking for. b. you view this position as simply a good place to start. c. the company is so great and it is the only company you will consider working for. d. all of the above e. none of the above
In a class discussion Professor Fernandez discusses the contributions of standards to the field of early childhood education. He states which of the following?
A. Standards deemphasize student expectations. B. Early childhood teachers are paid the same salary as K-12 teachers as a result of standards. C. Standards created an open-forum dialogue among early childhood educators, politicians, and business leaders. D. Standards have "reenergized" the teaching profession.
Which of the following is considered the foundation for cognitive and neuropsychological processes?
a. Attention abilities b. Perceptual abilities c. Memory abilities d. Differentiation of abilities