Identify reasons that teaching students to take notes is valuable
What will be an ideal response?
Students who understand notetaking and note making do better on tests and essays. Students learn more of the content.
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Writing as a process refers to the idea that
a. writing is never perfect or compete b. all writing requires revision and should be rewritten at least 10 times c. a good writer is embedded with this skill from birth d. writers never truly know if they are writing correctly
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Scorers should know the identity of the test taker when scoring responses.
According to the author in Chapter 10, which of the following factors to consider when deciding on the length of a test is NOT accurate?
a. Most students prefer a test that is shorter, rather than longer, because it creates less anxiety. b. The test needs to be long enough to convince the teacher that students have met the objectives. c. The length of the class period needs to be considered when writing a test. d. A test may include as few as five items but may require 20 items or more. e. It is sometimes appropriate to spread a test over two class periods.
I collected some data about how much buyers of my book liked it (on a scale of 1 = it’s utter rubbish to 10 = I never read anything else). I ended up with a sample of 15,467 people. When I looked at the distribution, I found a skew of 1.23 (SE = 0.65). The mean rating was 4.78. Which of the following would be the best way to decide whether the skew is problematic?
A. See if the z-score is bigger than 1.96 or smaller than –1.96. B. See if the skew is significant at p< .05. C. Use the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. D. None of the above because of the large sample size.