All too often, anthropological-based instructional units of study result in children reaching stereotypical conclusions about the cultural groups they have been studying. When teaching about a cultural group, it is difficult to avoid stereotypes because:
a. Anthropologists describe a norm (e.g., most residents of Spain are Roman Catholics); you present that norm, and children assume all members of the group conform to the norm
b. Children can only learn so much, so it is unreasonable to expect them to understand that among all cultural groups there is diversity
c. A unit of study should start with an activity that allows the teacher to assess what students know about the topics the unit will cover
d. The spiral curriculum is one that covers a topic at several grade levels
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Refer to Exhibit 7-11. Assume that the F ratios for between rows and interaction are statistically significant, but the F ratio for between columns is not statistically significant. In accepting these results, is it possible that
a. we make only Type I errors. b. we make only Type II errors. c. we make both Type I and Type II errors. d. we make neither Type I nor Type II errors.
In which of the following steps of analyzing data is probability most important?
a. calculating measures of central tendency such as the mean or median b. developing research hypotheses c. examining your data by creating tables and figures d. calculating inferential statistics
The degree of accuracy to which an item or test measures that which it is intended to measure is called its
(a) validity (b) reliability (c) homogeneity (d) central tendency (e) formal assessment
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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