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38. Of the following, the best description of the use : 1200538
38. Of the following, the best description of the use of theories is to:
a.rehearse and reflect.
b.describe and correlate.
c.explain and predict.
d.inquire and experiment.
39. The type of research that requires random assignment is:
a.descriptive research.
b.correlational research.
c.action research.
d.experimental research.
40. Of the following, the best description of the type of research that is most commonly conducted by teachers in their classrooms is:
a.descriptive research.
b.correlational research.
c.action research.
d.experimental research.
41. According to your text, when conducting action research, after identifying and diagnosing a problem that is important to you, the next step is to:
a.use the results of the study to generate additional research.
b.implement the findings to solve or improve a local problem.
c.systematically plan and conduct a research study.
d.generalize the findings to other action research settings.
42. A research study indicating that teachers who use concrete examples to illustrate their topics have students who achieve higher than teachers who represent the ideas abstractly best illustrates what kind of research?
a.Descriptive research
b.Correlational research
c.Experimental research
d.Longitudinal research
43. Amanda Jones is an educational researcher who investigates the variables that are related to the success of minority students in private colleges. The type of research that Amanda does can best be described as:
a.experimental research.
b.action research.
c.descriptive research.
d.correlational research.
44. Luisa is an educational researcher. She surveys everyone in the district to obtain their opinions about after-school enrichment programs. What type of research is best illustrated by Luisa’s efforts?
a.Descriptive research
b.Theoretical research
c.Experimental research
d.Correlational research
45. Deshawn Smith is an educational researcher who examines the effects of animated agents in learning from multimedia instructional materials. He randomly assigns participants to either a group that gets animated agents in their instructional materials or a group that receives instructional materials without an animated agent. Deshawn’s research can best be described as:
a.experimental research.
b.action research.
c.descriptive research.
d.correlational research.
46. Marcella is an action researcher concerned with the effects of feedback on science concept learning. She has identified a problem important to her, that is, whether feedback hinders inquiry, and she has systematically planned a study to address the problem. The next step for Marcella is to:
a.diagnose the problem.
b.conduct the study.
c.implement the findings.
d.generate additional questions.
47. What kind of research is best illustrated in the following statement? “One group of teachers was trained to call on all their students as equally as possible, another group of comparable teachers received no training, and the results indicated that the trained teachers’ students achieved significantly higher than the other teachers’ students.”
a.Descriptive research
b.Correlational research
c.Experimental research
d.Longitudinal research
48. A research study indicates that one group of teachers was trained to bring each lesson to a form of clear closure. A comparable group of teachers received no training. Of the following, which is the most likely way the researchers made sure the two groups of teachers were comparable?
a.They conducted their research in two schools that had students with comparable backgrounds.
b.They tested the teachers to determine their levels of intelligence and knowledge of the content they taught.
c.They interviewed each of the teachers before training one group.
d.They randomly assigned teachers to the two groups before training the teachers.
Use the following information for Items 49-51.
You understand the statements “People tend to imitate behaviors they observe in others,” “People are more likely to imitate a competent person’s behavior,” and “People may learn new behaviors through imitation, or behaviors they already know may be facilitated,” and you realize they are all related. You then say, “Aha, I know how standing ovations work. One person stands up, and that facilitates the rest of the people’s behaviors.”
49. Of the following, what best describes the three related statements?
a.Combined, they illustrate a theory.
b.Combined, they illustrate experimental research.
c.Combined, they illustrate critical decision making.
d.Combined, they illustrate pedagogical content knowledge.
50. Each of the statements, taken separately, is best described as:
a.a demonstration.
b.a principle.
c.a fact.
d.a case study.
51. You have studied a theory that focuses on the way people learn, and you understand the theory thoroughly. Of the following, which statement best describes how you will use this understanding in the real world?
a.It provides you with information about the way people learn that you know to be true for all cases.
b.It allows you to predict what kind of practice will likely result in the most learning.
c.It provides you with a set of teaching rules, which if properly applied will almost always work.
d.It provides you with knowledge and understanding, even though it has limited application for classroom practice.
