As many students move through the grade levels, performance goals increasingly predominate over mastery goals. Three of the following are partial explanations for this developmental trend. Which alternative is not a reasonable explanation for the increasing focus on performance goals with age?
a. Older students are regularly reminded of the importance of good grades for getting into college.
b. With the acquisition of abstract thought, older students are better able to imagine accomplishing great things.
c. As academic tasks become increasingly complex, older students must often rely on other people to evaluate their progress.
d. As students reach adolescence, they become increasingly concerned about how other people will judge their behavior.
b
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Doll’s (1986) curriculum development process was linear.
Young children naturally focus on illustrations rather than text when reviewing picture books
a. True b. False
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What will be an ideal response?
Which one of the following is the best example of authentic assessment of students' knowledge of 10 spelling words?
a. Giving a traditional spelling test in which the teacher says the word, presents it in a sentence, then says the word again; students write the words on a piece of paper b. Asking them to participate in a spelling bee where they spell the words orally c. Having them write a composition that includes all 10 spelling words d. Giving students a multiple-choice test in which they choose the correct spelling of each word from a set of four possible spellings