According to the textbook, which of the following types of assessment methods is the preferred method to determine systematically whether a student has mastered a skill?

a. Selected-response
b. Performance-based
c. Essay


b. Performance-based

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The methods used during performance assessments and to assess portfolio entries should be the

same. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Tom is a new high school teacher who is passionate about history, and hopes to encourage his students to be passionate about it as well. Tom probably entered the profession because of a

a. a desire to work with young people. b. an interest in subject matter and teaching. c. influence from former teachers and family. d. job security.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Jones, like most other authorities in discipline, has concluded that incentives have little value in today’s classrooms. 2. Jones says the goal of discipline is to help students assume personal responsibility for their actions. 3. What Jones calls students’ “helpless hand raising” frequently leads to teachers re-teaching material they thought students understood only minutes earlier. 4. Jones advocates the use of incentive systems as a means of increasing student responsibility for learning and proper conduct. 5. Jones does not believe in classroom rules, contending that students use them as crutches rather than learning to assume responsibility.

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Naturalistic interventions decrease student opportunities beyond having to wait for the teacher

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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