In solving word problems, students first need to
a. create schemata for comprehending the word problems' text
b. select an algorithm that will lead to problem solution
c. recall an appropriate heuristic
d. represent the problem as mathematics schemata
Ques. 2Procedures to determine the reliability of criterion-referenced tests answer how consistently the test
a. classifies students who mastered content
b. ranks the students
c. predicts future performance
d. correlates with similar versions of the test
Ques. 3The concept of bug, as described by Brown and Burton, refers to
a. an incorrect algorithm
b. a clue embedded in a problem to help students solve the problem
c. the semantic meaning underlying the problem
d. a problem that is inconsistent with others in a problem set
Ques. 4A child's buggy algorithm can be useful under conditions where it
a. leads occasionally to a correct answer
b. is a part of a change schema
c. helps a teacher identify the child's conceptual difficulties
d. can be deduced from a problem typology
Ques. 5Whereas experts rely more on ___?___ aspects of mathematics problems in solving
them, many students tend to focus more on problems' ___?___ features
a. semantic, surface
b. verbal, imaginal
c. procedural, declarative
d. affective, cognitive
Ques. 6The order in which children typically acquire addition strategies is
a. counting all with, counting on from first, counting on from larger
b. counting on from larger, counting all with, counting on from first
c. counting all with, counting on from larger, counting on from first
d. counting on from first, counting on from larger, counting all with
Ques. 7The concerns leading to new standards for math learning and teaching included
a. fewer girls than boys going on to advanced classes in math
b. relatively few racial and ethnic minorities going beyond beginning algebra
c. many students being unable to use math knowledge in their lives
d. all of the above helped lead to new standards
Ques. 8Expert mathematicians use the ___?___ aspects of problems to encode its relevant
features.
a. syntactic
b. heuristic
c. phonetic
d. semantic
Ques. 9To determine whether similar results would be obtained if we used a different version time,
you would perform which method?
a. Test-retest method
b. Internal consistency method
c. Equivalent forms method
d. Test-retest with equivalent forms method
Ques. 10The technical term for procedures that, if followed correctly, guarantee the correct
answer to math problems is
a. heuristics
b. set schemas
c. keywords
d. algorithms
Ques. 11The Spearman-Brown formula is used with the
a. equivalent forms method
b. Kuder-Richardson method
c. split-half method
d. test-retest method
Ques. 12A correlation of 1.00 indicates a
a. a perfect positive relationship
b. a weak negative relationship
c. no relationship
d. a perfect negative relationship
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