Discuss the importance of understanding different philosophical perspectives
What will be an ideal response?
It is important to understand how different philosophical assumptions lead to different conclusions regarding what the practice of education should be. These different perspectives help us understand criticisms, proposals for change, the agendas of policy-makers and the implications of their decisions.
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The value of incorporating native languages and dialects into classroom instruction includes:
a. greater willingness by students to adopt a new language. b. influences on academic achievement of students of other languages. c. the native language serving as a bridge to acquiring standard English. d. All of these answers.
Chin-Hsing conducted a study that examined motivation for sport and academics in a Taiwanese school for gifted athletes. One concern that Chin-Hsing has is that the results from the study may not generalize to another school or country. The validity threat most evident in his concern is
a. Internal validity b. External validity c. Construct validity d. Predictive validity
A 5-year-old child should have the equivalent of ____ cups of milk each day.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 2 1/2 D. 3
The National Assessment of Educational Progress
a) Consists of data collected by individual school districts so they may assess their teachers. b) Reported in 2013 that less than half of all fourth- and eighth-graders performed on a standardized mathematics test at the desirable levels of "proficient" or "advanced." c) Showed dramatic decreases in U.S. mathematics scores over the last 30 years. d) Produced results in 2009 that indicated U.S. students would likely reach the goal required by No Child Left Behind legislation that all students perform at or above a proficient level by 2014.