You are asked to evaluate the validity of the standardized achievement tests used at your school. How would you go about doing this?
What will be an ideal response?
Validity can be measured in the following ways: content validity (examine the degree to which the test has adequately sampled the content domain), criterion validity (examine the degree to which the test is able to predict performance on other measures-may be concurrent, that is, simultaneous or predictive, that is, projecting future performance), and construct validity (examine the degree to which the measures are consistent with expectations for the construct in question).
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For a test of 10 multiple-choice items and 2 short-explanation items, students should be given at least ___ minutes of testing time
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 45 (e) 60
Use concepts from Vygotsky's perspective of cognitive development to describe how you learned about Vygotsky's theory in this class. Your response should include references to all of the following concepts: the zone of proximal development, self-talk, inner speech, internalization, and scaffolding
What will be an ideal response?
Cueing systems consist of
A. cues inherent in the printed text, that readers may employ as they decode print into language. B. words that are not immediately recognized by the reader. C. word recognition and word identification. D. None of the above
A teacher read a story about a boy who was lost in the woods for hours before he was reunited with his family. The teacher asked the students to imagine how the little boy may have been feeling in the woods all alone. Which intelligence is being emphasized in this activity?
A) Interpersonal B) Intrapersonal C) Bodily/kinesthetic D) Verbal linguistic