Discuss all four potential biases teachers may encounter when grading students’ products.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Answers to this question will vary but should include elements of the following: (a) halo effect, (b) leniency errors, (c) personal bias errors, (d) logical errors.
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The reason that each chapter in this text starts with a True/False quiz is that
A. most important questions in the field of child development have very simple answers. B. information about child development changes so rapidly that textbooks cannot keep up with the changes. C. many of the findings in the field of child development are not what people might intuitively believe. D. if you do very well on the quiz, you know that you don't need to read the chapter.
Name the four dimensions of a culturally critical classroom.
What will be an ideal response?
The environment plays a substantial role in influencing behavior. Which of the following supports this statement?
a. A study of separated fraternal and identical twins estimated that heredity was 70% responsible for intelligence. b. Children raised by women with mental retardation who provided them with a stimulating and responsive environment gained an average of 28 IQ points. c. In the United States one in four children live in poverty, with the trend toward poverty increasing the last two decades. d. None of the above
A __________________research design identifies and isolates specific variables that affect target behavior
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word