In criterion-referenced assessment, a teacher evaluates a student's performance relative to predetermined standards or criteria. In norm-referenced assessment, a teacher evaluates a student's performance in terms of how it compares with that of the student's peers. Should Mr. Van Holten take a criterion-referenced or a norm-referenced approach in grading the research papers? Justify your choice.
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Ques. 2Xias says, No matter how hard I try, I'm just not good enough for the bulletin board.. From this statement, you might reasonably suspect that which one of the following is true about Xias?
a. He has facilitating anxiety.
b. He has learned helplessness.
c. He is manifesting a self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. He is exhibiting a phenomenon commonly known as the personal fable..
Ques. 3Mr. Collins is trying to motivate his students to read by giving them gold stars for each book that they've read and then awarding special privileges to the student who reads the greatest number of books each month. For which children is this approach likely to be motivating?
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Ques. 4Is it appropriate for Mr. Wilson to give stickers when his students show progress, even if their performance is only marginally satisfactory?
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Ques. 5How might students with cognitive disabilities and other special educational needs have performed on Mr. Van Holten's assignment?
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Ques. 6How should Mr. Van Holten evaluate his students' papers?
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Ques. 7Given how Mr. Hartman conducts his lesson on Steinbeck's The Pearl, he appears to be assuming that his students have capabilities consistent with which one of Piaget's stages?
a. Concrete operations
b. Formal operations
c. Preoperational
d. Sensorimotor
Ques. 8What would you do with the math assignments that were handed in on the day of the party? Would you grade them as usual, even though some of the children did not complete them?
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