Which of the following approaches to instruction would be most consistent with the work of B. F. Skinner?
a. Avoid stating instructional goals, allow students to discover what they need to know, encourage students to work in small groups.
b. Negotiate learning goals with students, provide scaffolded instruction, have all students learn at the same rate.
c. Clearly express instructional goals, teach subject matter in a logical sequence, allow students to learn at their own pace.
d. Clearly express instructional goals, allow each student to decide when and in what sequence he or she will learn the subject matter, allow students to learn at their own pace.
Ques. 2In action research, data interpretation is best described as
a. making an educated guess.
b. explaining the results of the statistical tests in layman's terms.
c. providing reader's with the assumptions and limitations of the research so that they can determine what the data mean.
d. asking the participants to reflect on the findings.
Ques. 3A good example of a variable ratio schedule is
a. a mother who checks her son's room every fifteen or twenty minutes to make sure he is cleaning it.
b. a gambler who plays a slot machine for hours after winning twenty dollars.
c. a teacher who checks her students' progress after they have completed five problems each.
d. a family that sits down to dinner every day at 5:30, without exception.
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