When required to administer standardized achievement testing, teachers have a tendency to:
a. teach to the test.
b. compensate by developing creative curriculum. c. broaden their curriculum.
d. integrate their curriculum.
Question 2Which of the following observation tools require the observer to make a judgment during the observation?
a. time sampling b. checklists
c. rating scales
d. event sampling
Question 3Event sampling:
a. provides a way of measuring the frequency of a behavior within a given period.
b. attempts to capture everything that is happening around the child being observed. c. focuses on a specific event.
d. specifies a behavior and notes when that behavior occurs.
Question 4The purpose of an observational anecdote is to:
a. capture everything the child is doing and saying.
b. describe the context of a child's behavior.
c. predict future behaviors from the child.
d. capture a specific event or behavior.
Question 5Observation is descriptive and based on fact; analysis and interpretation are based on:
a. teacher knowledge. b. inference.
c. environment.
d. chronological age.
Question 6Which of the following should
not be recorded during the observation of a child?
a. what the child is wearing
b. the child's facial expressions c. what the child says and does
d. the child's body posture and gestures
Question 7If children approach you while you are observing them, you should:
a. stop your observation immediately. b. ignore the children.
c. redirect them back to what they had been doing.
d. tell them what you are doing and ask for their cooperation.
Question 8When assessing children, the relationship between observation and recording should be:
a. complementary.
b. nonexistent.
c. oppositional.
d. theoretical.
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