Which of the following is not generally recognized as an advantage of conducting classroom observations?
a. The mere presence of a researcher in a classroom ensures that students will be on their best behavior and will act as naturally as possible.
b. They enable the teacher or researcher to see some things that students may not be able to report themselves.
c. The enable teachers or researchers to gather data about actual student behaviors instead of just asking students to report their behaviors.
d. When combined with video recording, they enable teachers or researchers to observe even more than they would normally see with their own eyes.
Ans: A
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a. Ask whoever isn't listening to the story to go to his or her cot. b. Focus children's attention, set a purpose for listening, pause to comment and discuss the book, and get the children to "chime in" on the familiar parts. c. Ask questions at the end and reward those who give the correct response with a token. d. Put the children who are not listening into time out and continue reading with the others.
Which of the following questions would elicit the most convergent answers from students?
A) How can we find out if heat affects dissolving time? B) What causes molecules of a liquid to move? C) How do your hands feel when you press them together and rapidly rub them? D) What do you think will happen when the mystery powder is heated? E) None of the above.
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What will be an ideal response?
An advantage of performance assessment over the traditional objective formats is that performance assessment
a. requires students to apply their knowledge and skills in doing things. b. is more objective than the traditional formats. c. is more related to abstract knowledge than traditional formats.