Briefly explain how a literature review can be used to establish a connection between your work and work completed by other researchers. How does conducting a careful review of literature help place your work in the context of work done by other researchers?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: A well-constructed literature review allows researchers to use the insights and discoveries of others to add support to their own work, helping make new research more efficient and effective. A quality review of literature also enhances the expertise of the person conducting it by connecting that researcher’s current project to projects already completed by other researchers.
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a. are applicable to situations similar to that of the study. b. are what was predicted by the hypothesis of the study. c. are unlikely to be due to chance alone. d. All of these are true.
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development is important for teachers to recognize because:
A. children must be restricted by teachers in most of their activities for health and safety reasons. B. teachers need to make sure that children don't assert their will to be too independent before they learn to take care of their personal needs. C. the outcome of Erikson's conflicts can have a positive or negative effect on ego development. D. the conflict of Trust versus Mistrust occurs, or is resolved or not resolved, during the years between six and twelve.
Many students in preprofessional teacher education programs do not recognize the relationship between the study of philosophy and educational practice. The primary explanation for this is:
a. Most students have very little interest in philosophy. b. Much of the subject matter of teacher education is taught in a fragmented fashion. c. There is so much other material to be presented in the program that there is little time for consideration of philosophic roots. d. Students are expected to learn this material on their own, and most neglect this area.
Children should begin using journals
a. after they know how to write conventionally. b. to practice correct spelling. c. to facilitate the notion that ideas can be represented symbolically. d. to express themselves exclusively in words.