Eighth-grade students are participating in a nationwide science learning project. Students, business professionals, and scientists from across the country communicate via the Internet. They discuss various ways to solve particular problems that are set in realistic contexts. They also have opportunities to solve real problems, like protecting their local environments. Students are exposed to a
variety of viewpoints, new information, and alternate solutions. This is an example of meaningful learning according to which of the following theories?
a. distance learning
b. social constructivism
c. cognitive constructivism
d. doctrine of formal discipline
B
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The evaluation cycle includes evaluation ____
a. during instruction b. after instruction c. before instruction d. none of the above
A ____ gives an entire region or state the right to install an unlimited number of educational copies of a software program
a. community/state site license b. network site license c. site license d. single-user license
What is the major drawback of using percentile ranks to describe students' performance on a standardized test?
A) Even many low-achieving students tend to get above-average percentile scores. B) Percentiles tend to underestimate how much students have actually learned. C) Because most students get fairly low scores, they become easily discouraged and their self-efficacy decreases. D) Students in the middle range can be quite similar in achievement and yet have scores that are somewhat dissimilar.
Offer students a ________, or an "out" whenever possible, and avoid ____________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word