The textbook describes a study by Bartlett in which college students in England read a Native American ghost story entitled "The War of the Ghosts." From Bartlett's results, we can conclude that students who read a story written from the perspective of a culture different from their own are likely to:
A) Reject the story as being ridiculous or far-fetched.
B) Form unwarranted and prejudicial attitudes about people from the other culture.
C) Interpret the story in a way that's more consistent with their own culture.
D) Construct a more multicultural perspective of the world.
C
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The current state of research on how to select specific accommodations for students with various disabilities can be characterized as ________ for what to do and when to do it
a. well established b. having few accepted guidelines c. completely unknown d. legally settled
An instructor has asked you to use the web to research the poet John Keats. You have to write a paper that includes biographical material, a list of his most famous poems, and a summary of some recent literary papers written about him. How would you use your favorite search engine to obtain this information?
What will be an ideal response?
Relate the factors that contribute to quality early childhood education environments
What will be an ideal response?
Because of the limitations of ex post facto research, it should
a. rarely be used in educational research. b. be interpreted with caution. c. be used carefully by those interested in important variables which cannot be manipulated. d. be replaced by analysis of variance techniques. e. b and c.