Mr. Smith attempts to help his students understand the concept of inertia by relating it to why people are required to wear seatbelts in their cars. Mrs. Evans has her students solve a variety of word problems that involve fractions, decimals, and percents. Mr. Leander has his students practice study skills in English, geography, and science. Each of the teachers was attempting to capitalize on
which of the following factors that promote transfer?
a. Similarity between learning situations
b. Learning context
c. Depth of original understanding
d. Emphasis on metacognition
b
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a. test-retest reliability b. internal reliability c. criterion validity d. construct validity
Sarah has a habit of talking to herself as she takes tests and completes independent in-class assignments. She talks loudly enough that other students can often hear her answers
Explain how you might use three of the following techniques to reduce this problem behavior: a. Cueing b. Self-monitoring c. Self-reinforcement d. Shaping For each technique, be specific and concrete as to what you might do.
Brief, focused observational notes or comments written by the teacher are often referred to as:
a. Rubrics b. Snapshots c. Developmental continuum d. Anecdotal records
The sum of the squared deviations of scores from their mean
A. is computed the same for samples and populations. B. is computed by squaring each deviation to avoid a zero solution in the numerator. C. is the numerator for the sample variance and population variance. D. all of these