Which of the following aspects of education appears to be most consistent among countries?

a. academic achievement levels
b. instructional methods
c. expenditures on education
d. types of students who attend school (for example, age, gender, class)


ANSWER: b

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The supervisor takes scripts of what is happening in the classroom. Sometimes the supervisor must discern if he/she will need to take verbatim or selected verbatim records. Which of the following is correct?

a. Selected verbatim records all verbal interactions. b. Selected verbatim documents the relationship between student and teacher. c. Selected verbatim provides a record of interaction on a particular focus d. All of above

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Which of the following are intervention strategies?

a. Environmentally mediated. b. Teacher-mediated c. Peer-mediated d. IDEA 97 e. Self-mediated f. All of the above

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

1. Debriefing involves soliciting participants’ views of the credibility of the findings and interpretations. 2. To Polkinghorne (1989), validation in phenomenology conveys an understanding of philosophical tenets. 3. For a grounded theory study, Creswell and Poth recommend presenting the theoretical model in a figure or diagram. 4. Lofland (1974) contends that an ethnographic study is located in a conceptual framework. 5. A key criterion for a case study is how well the case is identified.

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The Wise Choices Process is a very powerful example of critical thinking because it provides a way to __________

a. identify your inner voices, change your inner conversation, and keep commitments b. identify options, look at likely outcomes, and choose options wisely c. identify core beliefs, change your behavior patterns, and visualize success d. none of the answer choices

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