You read a research article about abstract thinking and academic achievement in a professional journal. The researchers report a correlation of +.65 between the amount of abstract thought students demonstrate and the grade-point-averages they earn. You should conclude that:
a. Students who think more abstractly are likely to have higher grade-point-averages than their classmates.
b. Students who think more abstractly are likely to have lower grade-point-averages than their classmates.
c. You can promote students' abstract thinking by helping them to earn high GPAs.
d. You can promote students' academic achievement by helping them to think more abstractly.
A
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Reader response theory suggests that
a. all readers will arrive at the same meaning for what they read. b. different readers will have somewhat different interpretations of what they read. c. different readers will have completely different interpretations of what they read. d. it is the teacher who should decide just which answer is correct.
The topics one should review in evaluating tests include:
A) ?purposes, materials, scores, norms, reliability, and validity. B) ?validity, internal consistency, norms, reliability, and procedures. C) ?purposes, content and assessment procedures, scores, norms, reliability and validity. D) ?test-retest reliability, item reliability, validity, purposes, materials, norms, and scores.
The “Results” section follows the “Method” section.
a. True b. False
Which of the following is true of students?
A) Students should focus on academic proficiency as it is the only goal of education. B) Students should become learners with the capacity to love, work, and be active community members. C) Students with good educational talent will undoubtedly satisfy other goals of education. D) Students taught in a typical brick-and-mortar classroom setting attain the social and emotional goals of education.