To pass the 30-second test, the resume must not be _______________.
a. cluttered
b. attractive
c. easy-to-read
d. error free
a. cluttered
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Determining how best to improve the quality of public education in the next five years is best described as a(n)
a. unstructured problem. b. well-structured problem. c. issue. d. ill-structured problem.
In the United States, the first formal mandate for educational accountability was
A) The Elementary Education Act. B) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act. C) The Individuals With Disabilities Act. D) The No Child Left Behind Act.
Of the following, the most commonly voiced criticism of social reconstructionism is:
a. it is elitist and places too much emphasis on historical ideas irrelevant to students' lives. b. it has abandoned schools as places for learning, instead using schools for political purposes. c. it places too much emphasis on the individual and student self-esteem. d. it places too much emphasis on basic skills at the expense of other parts of the curriculum.
Identify the threat to internal validity in each of the following:
a. Some researchers who were given rats to train were told incorrectly that the rats had been bred for intelligence; other researchers were told that their rats were especially dull. The experimenters who had the "smart" rats reported faster learning than did the experimenters with the "dull" rats. b. After the first exam, a professor divided his statistics class into high performers and low performers. The low performers were invited to attend special tutoring sessions where the professor not only reviewed lecture material but also discussed how to take notes and how to study for a statistics test. On the second test, the professor found that the students who received the tutoring improved considerably. The professor concluded that the tutoring sessions were effective in improving the test performance of those students. c. A researcher divided people attending a weight control clinic into two groups. Both groups were given the same diet to follow, but the experimental group was also asked to keep a record of everything they ate, to weigh all the food in grams, and to count the calories. At the end of the study, the researcher found that the experimental group had lost more weight. The researcher concluded that the experimental treatment was more effective than diet alone.