Which of the arguments below best supports the practice of using a variety of assessment methods on all tests?
a. Different types of test items and formats will reduce the temptation for students to cheat.
b. Students tend to pay more attention to lessons and text material when they know they will be tested in different ways.
c. The quality of teachers' tests improves when different types of items and formats are used.
d. Teachers can more accurately assess what students have learned when they use a variety of item types and formats.
Ques. 2In 1860, the first private, English-speaking kindergarten was established in Boston by Elizabeth Palmer Peabody . . . (Rippa, S.A., 1988, Education in a free society, New York: Longman, p. 173). Suppose you wanted to research the effect of this first American kindergarten on the people's attitudes and perceptions of Massachusetts' education of that time. Which might be a primary source of information?
a. A log by Peabody of the problems creating the school
b. An opinion poll of educational attitudes of Boston in 1860
c. A verbatim text of an 1860s political speech concerning educational practices
d. All of these are true.
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