One way to lower the reliability and validity of the results of questioning students during ...

One way to lower the reliability and validity of the results of questioning students during instruction is to supplement the results with test results.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 2

A major difference between endogenous and dialectical constructivism is the latter's
  emphasis on
 
  a. the role of the social environment in learning
  b. a stagewise portrayal of cognitive development
  c. abstraction of new structures from old ones
  d. a mechanistic world view

Ques. 3

Of the kinds of constructivism proposed by Moshman (1982), which most involves a
  mental reconstruction of external reality?
 
  a. exogenous constructivism
  b. endogenous constructivism
  c. dialectical constructivism
  d. none of the above relate to external reality

Ques. 4

Which of the following best describes the retrieval of highly practiced procedural
  knowledge?
 
  a. slow and purposeful
  b. average speed and calculated
  c. fast and automatic
  d. fast but methodical

Ques. 5

The concepts of schemata, network models, and production systems fit most closely
  with
 
  a. exogenous constructivism
  b. endogenous constructivism
  c. dialectical constructivism
  d. each of the above emphasize these concepts equally

Ques. 6

The depth of students' learning depends both on how students are taught and on how they are assessed.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Ques. 7

The IRE pattern of classroom discourse is of interest because it represents
 
  a. the ideal pattern for productive discussion of a topic
  b. one of the best patterns for illustrating dialectic constructivist teaching
  c. a pattern of backward coherence giving meaning to individual utterances
  d. the default pattern for classroom exchanges between teachers and students

Ques. 8

An examiner wants to determine whether an assessment task (test item) functions differentially for females and males. How should the examiner proceed?
 
  a. Determine if the population of females scores higher or lower than males on the task.
  b. Compare scores on the task for several groups of females and males who have similar ability.
  c. Compare total-test performance for females and males and use judgment to decide whether the task in question contributed to any differential functioning.
  d. Use a panel of content experts who are sensitive to how the wording of the task may affect females and males differently.

Ques. 9

When the results of a mathematics test in a high school were analyzed, it was discovered that the average score for the males was significantly higher than that for the females. This is strong evidence that the test is biased against the females.
 
  a. True
  b. False