Give three reasons why neither a Diary nor a Reflective Journal is a trustworthy method for recording children’s development

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ANSWER: They are done after the events have occurred, and memory may be vague. All children’s activities may not be remembered—only those who stand out—so some children are omitted from recording. They are subjective methods with inferences, attitudes, and feelings rather than details. They have other purposes than an efficient, fair means for gathering data on children.

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What is backward planning and curriculum mapping?

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Which one of the following examples best illustrates a problem with prospective memory?

a. Meredith can't remember anything that happened in the few minutes before she was in an automobile accident. b. Marcus forgets to keep the appointment he made with his teacher after school. c. Juan can't recall something his teacher told him because he was thinking about something else while she was talking to him. d. Chloe sees a person she knows she has met before, but she can't remember the person's name.

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To keep a biography from becoming a chronology of events or a collection of dates without any unifying theme,

a. there needs to be a strong plot to keep the readers' interest and avoid sequencing of events. b. the setting must be in congruence with the time, so events will not be viewed singularly. c. the characterization should be of such high quality that the people take precedence over the plot. d. there needs to be a definite narrative thread.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Researchers often have expertise in multiple methodologies, making mixed methods easier to conduct

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