Why do the authors recommend that students continue to sound out part of a passage even after sight reading has begun?
What will be an ideal response?
To buttress against the possibility of students adopting a guessing strategy.
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A repeated-measures design would be appropriate for which of the following situations?
A. A researcher would like to study the effect of alcohol on reaction time. B. A researcher would like to compare individuals from at least two populations. C. The effect of a new treatment is studied in a small group of individuals with a rare condition. D. a and b.
What is the mean for the data in the frequency distribution table?
a. 2.70
b. 5.00
c. 2.50
d. 25.00
Our students sometimes come up with "off the wall" comments or answers to questions. Of the following, which description best explains why students come up with these comments or answers
a. They remember these ideas, because they were reinforced for them sometime in the past. b. Students develop a number of misconceptions because of the influence of their peers. c. They come up with these ideas, because "off the wall" comments have been modeled for them, and modeling is one of the most powerful influences on learning. d. They construct these ideas on their own because the ideas make sense to them.
Some factors that may affect scoring and test interpretation in written language assessment are (Circle all that apply.)
A. students' varied writing abilities. B. discrepancy in the test examiner's judgment. C. general directions in the test manual for scoring writing samples. D. prose quality.