Deshawn Smith is an educational researcher who examines the effects of animated agents in learning from multimedia instructional materials. He randomly assigns participants to either a group that gets animated agents in their instructional materials or a group that receives instructional materials without an animated agent. Deshawn's research can best be described as:
a. experimental research.
b. action research.
c. descriptive research.
d. correlational research.
a
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Which one of the following statements best illustrates a neo-Piagetian approach to cognitive development?
a. Rather than involving general stages of increasingly advanced reasoning processes, children's cognitive development may involve discrete stages in particular content domains. b. Children's progression through various stages of cognitive development is almost entirely the result of environmental experiences; brain maturation has little to do with their advancements in thinking. c. Children's progression through various stages of cognitive development is almost entirely the result of brain maturation; environmental experiences have little to do with their advancements in thinking. d. Children's acquisition of various cognitive abilities occurs in a gradual, trendlike manner rather than in discrete stages.
Routine hand washing involves the use of non-antibacterial soap and water washing for:
a) 1 minute b) 30 seconds c) 15 seconds d) 5 seconds
Starting with your student teaching experience and continuing into your first job, you can create or take advantage of opportunities to develop your skills as an intentional teacher in a number of ways. Discuss some of the strategies mentioned in the
text and one or two of your own idea for developing your skills as an intention teacher. What will be an ideal response?
A teacher starts a home-based reinforcement program. Over time, the student responds positively with increased frequency of good behavior. Given this result, the reinforcement should now be:
a) reduced gradually. b) kept at the same level indefinitely. c) terminated. d) gradually increased.