Research studies like the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) have been criticized as biased. Why do you think such criticism may be justified?

What will be an ideal response?


The ACOT study was funded by a computer manufacturer and therefore its findings may have been influenced by commercial bias. Moreover, there may have existed an assumption among those conducting the study that computers represented a positive influence on teaching and learning, and the ACOT study merely sustained that assumption.

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Which of the following practices is NOT used in the guidance tradition?

A) punishment B) encouragement C) the empowering of productive human activity D) the teaching of democratic life skills

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

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A. True B. False. If so, why?

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