Passive reading of material
A. is a strategy effective to some learners.
B. always leads to retention.
C. only leads to more questions.
D. does not always lead to retention.
Answer: D
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Which one of the following statements most accurately reflects the concept of distributed intelligence?
a. How intelligent children become is, to some extent, a function of the number of siblings they have; children from larger families tend to have slightly lower IQ scores. b. How intelligent students are is, to some extent, a function of class size; students achieve at lower levels when they are in larger classes. c. Students almost invariably perform at higher levels in some academic subject areas than they do in others. d. Students can behave more intelligently when they can use outside resources as well as their minds.
A therapist has a goal to reduce the mean number of patient symptoms expressed for a particular disorder to two symptoms per day. Following therapy, she determines that the z score for 2 symptoms per day is 0. Assuming the data are normally distributed, did she reach her goal?
A. No, because the z score indicates 0 improvement. B. No, because the z score is not negative (indicating a reduction in symptoms). C. Yes; in fact, she actually reduced the mean number of symptoms to 0. D. Yes, because a z score of 0 is the average, or mean.
Teacher pay based on teacher performance in accordance with predetermined achievements or goals set up by the school is
a. Merit pay. b. Intrinsic pay. c. Variable pay. d. Achievement pay.
Informal measures used to determine students' skill levels include all of the following except:
A. Teacher observations B. Evaluation of needed prompt levels C. Curriculum-based tests D. Parent interviews