The ability to think abstractly and hypothetically occurs in the:
a. preoperational stage.
b. sensorimotor stage.
c. concrete operations stage.
formal operations stage.
d
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Which of the following would provide the most useful information for critically evaluating a published test?
a. Journal of Educational Measurement b. Tests in Print c. Eighteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook d. The test publisher's catalog e. The manual accompanying the test
A researcher wishes to study the effects of a concentrated remedial reading program on the reading achievement of disadvantaged children. A large number of children are available for assignment to groups. Since intelligence is an important relevant variable in any research on reading, the investigator wants to make sure that it is controlled as well as the reading pretest scores. What
would be the most effective way for the researcher to control these variables? a. Set up groups and then check to make sure that there are no significant differences between the groups on intelligence and reading pretest scores. b. Randomly assign children to experimental and control groups. c. Match the children on intelligence test and reading pretest scores and then randomly assign the matched pairs to experimental and control groups. d. Randomly assign children to experimental and control groups and use intelligence test and reading pretest scores in an analysis of covariance.
Hermeneutics is the philosophical study of
a. individual behavior in environmental conditions. b. objective biographical data about other people. c. the interpretation and meaning of conscious experience. d. humanistic interpretations of literature.
Evaluation becomes more powerful as it is repeated through a continuous cycle because it:
a) uses various evaluation techniques b) identifies trends from accumulating information c) considers the instruction from both student and teacher perspectives d) centers on the effectiveness of the instruction