Briefly describe the pattern developing around the rapid increase of racial and ethnic minority students
What will be an ideal response?
Results when single racial or ethnic group grows significantly higher
than other groups, increases isolation of members of one racial group
from another, as a whole school appears to become more racially diverse
but actually is less diverse.
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In a preexperimental design specific events may occur between the pretest and the posttest, which cause changes that are measured on the posttest. This represents a failure to control
a. randomization. b. maturation. c. pretest sensitivity. d. reactivity. e. history.
The total-point system most resembles which of the following grading systems?
a. contract system b. norm-referenced system c. summative system d. formative system
Integrating school-wide, group, and individual professional development is essential to have an organizational change in learning. How can this integration be ensured?
a. It is important that faculty provide input into establishing the school wide goal. b. Faculty members may create instructional goals that are aligned with the broad school wide goal. c. Varying professional development may be developed to meet the needs of the faculty study group. d. All of the above
We took a sample of children who had been learning to play a musical instrument for five years. We measured the number of hours they spent practising each week and assessed their musical skill by how many of 8 increasingly difficult exams they had passed. We also asked them whether their parents forced them to practise or not (were their parents pushy?). What does the following graph shpw?
A. The more time spent practising, the more musically skilled the children were and this relationship was stronger for those who had pushy parents compared to those who did not. B. The more time spent practising, the more musically skilled the children were, and this relationship was stronger for children who did not have pushy parents than for those who did. C. Children with pushy parents always passed more grade exams than those without. D. Practice causes better exam performance.