Using the results of an item analysis, a researcher would most likely retain items for a Likert attitude scale if they
a. are judged to have content validity.
b. yield high split-half reliability.
c. have low correlation with the total scale score.
d. correlate highly with the total scale score.
D
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All but which one of the following are aspects of Principle I of the National Education Association Code of Ethics?
a. Educators shall not deliberately suppress subject matter relevant to the student's progress. b. Educators shall not assist a noneducator in the unauthorized practice of teaching. c. Educators shall not unreasonably deny the student access to varying points of view. d. Educators shall not intentionally expose the student to embarrassment or disparagement. e. Educators shall make reasonable efforts to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning, health, or safety.
Kathleen is 2 years old. She very much wants to do things for herself—dressing herself, brushing her teeth, and so on—in the morning. Most of the time her mother will not let her do such things because she is so slow and clumsy. Today Mom tells Kathleen she can dress herself, but before long Mom is saying: "Kathleen, you've got your pants on backwards again! Can't you ever put your clothes on
right? Here, let me do it. You're making me late for work." If Kathleen hears this kind of talk very often, Erikson suggests that Kathleen might be at risk for developing a sense of: a. mistrust (rather than trust) b. guilt (rather than initiative) c. inferiority (rather than industry) d. shame and doubt (rather than autonomy)
Summarize the cycle of language development
What will be an ideal response?
When Mary Leal Harkness writes "superstition begins to hamper a girl's education almost at the very beginning", she is referring first to the belief that
A. girls are not as adept as boys in mathematics and science. B. girls have greater aptitude than boys for subjects in the humanities. C. girls' education should be de-emphasized to protect their delicate health. D. All these answers are correct.