In our text, two teachers discuss encouraging creative writing. Ellen Mathis, a new teacher, visits the classroom of Leah Washington. Describe some of the activities and the thought behind the lesson design that Ellen Mathis observes in Ms
Washington’s classroom.
What will be an ideal response?
Ms. Washington is an intentional teacher who gives Ellen insight into the process of questioning teaching methods and outcomes and making important changes as needed. Ms. Washington shares her insights regarding educational psychology and how she uses theory to inform her classroom practice. She shares her thoughts and practices using assessment to guide reteaching of material as well as her methods for handling misbehavior.
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a. obtain the same scores on a retest. b. maintain their same relative position in the group on a retest. c. obtain the same scores on the odd and even halves of the test. d. achieve mastery on two different forms of the test.
Which of the following learning objectives can be assessed more appropriately using objective items rather than essay items?
a. Understanding the civic responsibilities of a citizen. b. Why some bills take a long time to be passed in the legislature. c. Evaluating the first 100 days of a president in office.
Skinner was the first to apply the philosophy and theory of radical behaviorism to self control and defined this as a two-response phenomenon involving:
a. a controlling response b. a control response c. a controlled response d. A & B e. A & C
About ______ of z-scores in the standard normal distribution are within ±1 standard deviations of the mean.
a. one-third b. half c. two-thirds d. 95%