EDTE 580 - EXAM 1 (MODULE 1-5) QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

EDTE 580 - EXAM 1 (MODULE 1-5) QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 What is androgyny? - Answers The principles and methods of instruction of adults. What is pedagogy? - Answers The principles and methods of instruction (of children). What is a "frustrated novice" in a classroom setting? - Answers A new teacher with many new ideas who lacks clear procedures to implement them. What is the variable that the experiment controls? - Answers Independent What is the term for the ability to efficiently solve previously encountered problems or tasks and generate new procedures for new tasks? - Answers Adaptive expertise What would be the next step to become efficient in the classroom? - Answers Monitor How do teachers best develop automaticy to be efficient in the classroom? - Answers Through reflective practice and experience. Why do educational psychologies prefer experiments to other types of research methods? - Answers To determine causality. Which belief system is thought to be useful in education, growth, and change? - Answers Incremental What are two aspects of being an adaptive expert in the classroom? - Answers Innovation and experience Which type of assessment do teachers use to identify a problem? - Answers Diagnostic Which type of assessment do teachers use prior to instruction to test background knowledge? - Answers Preliminary Which type of assessment do teachers use to inform future instruction? - Answers Formative Which type of assessment uses true/false, multiple-choice, matching, and constructed response (short-answer, essay) type items? - Answers Traditional Which type of assessment do teachers use that is generally unplanned? - Answers Informal Which type of assessment do teachers use that is generally pre-planned and ends in a grade? - Answers Formal Which type of assessment do teachers use to simulate and test real-world skills? - Answers Authentic Which type of assessment do teachers use to determine student learning at the end of instruction or unit? - Answers Summative Which type of assessment is administered and scored under uniform conditions? - Answers Standardized Which type of summative assessment type is most efficient? - Answers Traditional Which hypothetical test score indicates a student's ability? - Answers True score Intelligence tests can be used to: - Answers Identify students who qualify for special education. Aptitude tests measure: - Answers Ability What is the term that describes how consistent a test is (in terms of items and scores)? - Answers Reliability A test that appears to favor one group/demographic over another has: - Answers Bias What term is used to indicate that a test measures what it is supposed to measure? - Answers Validity Achievement tests measure: - Answers Accomplishments What is gender? - Answers Socially and culturally constructed ideas of masculinity and femininity. A variable that can explain the connection between two other variables is called a: - Answers Mediating factor What is sex? - Answers Biologically determined characteristics/attributes of male and female. What is one way to reduce bias in your teaching? - Answers Don't assume a single member of a group is typical or representative. How is SES usually determined in a school setting or in education research? - Answers By free and reduced lunch status. A comparison between two or more demographics on some construct (i.e. academic performance) is known as a: - Answers Group difference Regarding group differences, what does SES stand for? - Answers Socioeconomic status A prediction (unconscious or intentional) that leads to behavior that confirms that initial prediction or belief is known as: - Answers A self-fulfilling prophecy. Correlations imply a connection between two variables but do NOT imply: - Answers Causation Traditionally the achievement gap is between: - Answers White and black students. The main difference between independent variable and dependent variable is that the scientist directly controls and manipulates the: - Answers Independent variable Pedagogy is to andragogy as: - Answers A child is to adult. The process of generalizing information to a larger group of people based on observations of an individual or small group of people is called: - Answers Induction When Gianni reads more, he earns higher test scores in school. This is an example of: - Answers Positive correlation Educational Psychlogists primarily are interested in conducting experiments in order to: - Answers Make casual connections Who is considered the father of Psychology? - Answers Wilhelm Wundt How does an Educational Psychologist differ from a School Psychologist? - Answers An Educational Psychologist primarily applies psychological theory to school settings whereas a School Psychologist works with students. A routine expert is someone who: - Answers is efficient but not innovative Which of the following is NOT a strategy a teacher can use to increase the reliability of classroom assessments? - Answers Limit the number of items on a test. Recently Ms. Janny noticed that the more she gives her students the 'evil eye' the more often her students are absent from school the next day. Ms. Janny has noticed a: - Answers Positive correlation Making decisions about student performance based on a comparison to peers describes what type of assessment? - Answers Norm-referenced In general, students from higher SES levels do better on standardized tests such as the SAT because they: - Answers Have more resources available for preparation. Mr. Diego teaches biology at Washington High School. - Answers Reliable, but not valid. Explain why correlation does not imply causation. - Answers Correlations represent a predictable relationship between two variables, but the direction is not explicit. An experiment can determine a casual relationship between two variables. What is a diagnostic test? - Answers A diagnostic test is an assessment used to detect potential or existing problems. What is a "true score" and how do you "calculate" it? - Answers A true score is a hypothetical score that a student would earn on a test if allowed to take the test repeatedly without experiencing benefits of practice. It reflects an individual's true aptitude or accomplishments. A true score can be calculated by subtract measurement error from an individual's observed score. What is a standard test? Name 2 types of standardized tests? - Answers A standardized test is a test given to many people under uniform conditions and scored using uniform procedures. The 3 types include: Intelligence, Aptitude, and Achievement How do you encourage maximal performance on standardized tests? - Answers To encourage maximal performance you should emphasize purpose of test, remove mystery of test, understand functions of the test, and ensure good testing conditions. Educational Psychology - Answers Science that draws from psychological knowledge that is relevant to education. Correlational Research - Answers Research that can't be used to determine causality. Optimal Adaptability Corridor - Answers The target for expert teachers to exhibit innovation and efficiency. Mrs. Obonogo knows the best teaching practice for teaching math. - Answers An example of pedagogical-content knowledge.