During the instructional process, a main purpose of evaluation is to:
a) make decisions about student advancement or remediation
b) establish a baseline of performance that can be used for comparative purposes
c) demonstrate what has been learned to that point
d) focus students' attention on the important topics that will be covered in the information that is yet to be
provided
c,
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A researcher records the following data for the number of dreams recalled during a night of sleep for 10 college students: 3, 2, 4, 4, 3, 1, 1, 0, 2, and 0. Is the mean equal to the median in this example?
A. Yes. B. No; the median is larger than the mean. C. No; the mean is larger than the median. D. There is not enough information to answer this question.
Which item is incorrect?
A. Practice with onsets and rimes (sometimes called phonograms) and, in particular, using consonant substitution is increasingly viewed as important. One reason for this is that when students have good familiarity with a rime, they can figure out other words that end with the same combination. B. Research has shown that a number of spelling variables are related to students' word reading accuracy and fluency. C. When a student encounters an unknown word, the first strategy should be to encourage the student to skip the word and read to the end of the sentence in order to guess the word from context. D. Readers' skill in reading multisyllabic words with ease relies on their deftness at separating long words into syllables.
As the standard error of measurement increases, what do we know about reliability?
a. It decreases. b. It increases. c. It remains constant. d. There is no impact.
Anecdotal record
a. a variation of the frequency count in which the observer times how long a particular behavior lasts b. a formal method of observation and recording in which you continuously record in as much detail as possible what the child does and says, by herself and in interaction with other persons or objects c. an observer makes a mark on an observation sheet every time a particular behavior occurs d. a formal method of observation and recording in which you record selected behaviors during preset uniform time periods and at regularly recurring or randomly selected intervals e. a formal method that observes and records specific kinds of behaviors whenever they occur f. an informal observation method often used by teachers as an aid to understanding the child’s personality or behavior g. frequency counts of a behavior that the teacher, experimenter, or therapist wants to modify