Five classes of undergraduate students are assessed for their understanding of the word ‘gratitude’. These results are, by class, given a grade of 1–10, 0 being no understanding and 10 being full understanding. The results are given for each class as 2, 4, 8, 8, 9. The average is 6.2. This average is the?
A. Median
B. Mean
C. Middle
D. Mode
Answer: B
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Following is a list of testing practices. Assuming other things are equal, indicate whether the practice would lower reliability, raise reliability, or neither. Removing ambiguous items from the test
a. lower reliability c. neither raise nor lower reliability b. raise reliability
Which of the following is an example of a statement spoken in the language of doing mathematics?
A) "Memorize these steps." B) "Compute this answer." C) "Explain how you solved the problem." D) "Copy down these steps into your notebooks."
A ______ is considered a traditional format of a test.
a. norm-referenced test b. criterion-referenced test c. “high-stakes” test d. written test
Which word-learning task is the most difficult?
a. teaching a new term for a known concept. b. teaching students to read a word already in their oral vocabulary. c. teaching a new word that represents a new concept. d. clarifying the meaning of a known word.