Differentiated instruction is a process that involves
A) matching the content and instructional approach to individual students' learning needs.
B) teaching to meet the needs of the majority of students in a class.
C) matching the content and instructional approach to individual students' interests.
D) teaching students with disabilities in general educational classrooms as much as possible.
Ques. 2Which of the following is the best example of inclusive education?
A) Students who speak different languages being educated in the same classroom.
B) Students with and without disabilities being educated in the same classroom.
C) Students with disabilities being educated in a special education classroom.
D) Students with different reading levels being educated in the same classroom.
Ques. 3The mixed methods approach can be implemented at
a. the design level.
b. the data analytical component.
c. Both of these.
d. Neither of these.
Ques. 4The notation system in the mixed methods approach can be used to indicate
a. Weighting priority.
b. Sequence of data collection.
c. Embedded nature.
d. A and b.
e.
A, b and c.
Ques. 5What one of the following constitutes an appropriate mixed methods approach to research?
a. When only one form of sampling procedure is used to enhance external validity.
b. When phenomenology is combined with historiography.
c. When narrative research is combined with an ex post facto design.
d. When participants are interviewed face-to-face.
Ques. 6What of the following is true about the mixed methods approach to research?
a. Many purists of research methodology argue that quantitative and qualitative methods are incompatible with each other and therefore cannot be combined as one.
b. The mixed methods approach should always be the preferred way of doing research.
c. The mixed methods approach cannot possibly be a viable method of doing research in social and behavioral sciences.
d. The mixed methods approach can only work well when human behavior is assumed to be unpredictable.
Ques. 7The mixed methods approach is suitable when
a. the phenomenon to be studied needs to have very strong external validity.
b. considerable apriori knowledge is already known about a phenomenon to be examined.
c. confirmatory and exploratory evidence add to the study.
d. causal linkages need to be established among variables.
Ques. 8The mixed method approach involves the use of
a. inductive reasoning.
c. Both of these.
b. deductive reasoning.
d. Neither of these.
Ques. 9What one of the following is
not a disadvantage of the mixed method approach to research?
a. It involves a great deal of time, resources, and difficulty to conduct this type of research
b. Most researchers are not skilled in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
c. Data collection and analysis can become over simplified.
d. Issues of interpretation and implications can be problematic, particularly when information is inconsistent or inconclusive