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EDUC 307 FINAL Questions and Correct
Answers
Which of the following will be the best technique for the
assessment of students' work?
a. Comprehensive tests
b. Short quizzes
c. Homework Ans: a. Comprehensive tests
Test scores that have a high degree of reliability (e.g., .90) are also
valid.
a. True
b. False Ans: b. False
Test scores that are highly reliable are necessarily valid.
a. True
b. False Ans: b. False
Evidence that a social studies test adequately samples a specific
area of the social studies curriculum is called
a. content-related evidence
b. substantive evidence
c. external structure evidence Ans: a. content-related evidence
Which of the following set of assessment activities will best
facilitate a teacher's instructional planning?
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a. Marking students' completed work and assigning grades on their
unit test
b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students' abilities, and past
performance
c. observing students' attitudes and behavior and summarizing
performance. Ans: b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students'
abilities, and past performance
Which of these teacher management activities should occur after
instruction?
a. Review the syllabus and the textbook being used
b. Review students' class assignments and homework results
against the intended learning outcomes
c. observe students completing their seatwork Ans: b. Review
students' class assignments and homework results against the
intended learning outcomes
In selecting a particular technique to use in assessing students, to
what should the teacher pay attention first?
a. Difficulty level of knowledge
b. Students' knowledge
c. Use to which the assessment result will be put Ans: c. Use to
which the assessment result will be
When you measure a students' performance, you are assessing
them.
a. True
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b. False Ans: a. True
Any time a teacher measures the performance of students, the
teacher tests the students.
a. True
b. False Ans: a. True
Ms. Jonah observed her students during a science lab in order to
determine what the students needed to learn to be effective in
carrying out lab experiments. Which of the following best
describes what Ms. Jonah did?
a. She measured her students' performance in the lab
b. She tested her students' performance in the lab
c. She assessed her students' performance in the lab Ans: c. She
assessed her students' performance in the lab
To evaluate students' performance in mathematics, a teacher must
measure the students in mathematics.
a. True
b. False Ans: b. False
Which of the following statements best illustrates the concept
evaluation?
a. Jane's teacher recorded her exam result, her homework results,
and her grade on the semester project
b. the teacher administered 100 multiple-choice items to his
students at the end of the semester
c. At the end of the semester the student's scores ranged between
55 and 95
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d. The performance of the school's students on the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT) was excellent. Ans: d. The performance of
the school's students on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) was
excellent.
A teacher used the midterm exam to grade the students. Then the
teacher reviewed students' performance in terms of their
difficulties and strengths over the first half of the semester. This
helped the teacher to plan his instructional activities for the
second half of the semester. The midterm exam served as
a. a formative evaluation of the students
b. a summative evaluation of the students
c. both a and b Ans: c. both a and b
Why is diagnostic assessment done?
a. to ascertain the achievement level of the students
b. to ascertain the specific strengths and weakness of the students
c. to ascertain the effectiveness of teaching Ans: b. to ascertain
the specific strengths and weakness of the students
What is a learning objective?
a. What students know at the end of an instructional segment
b. What students can do a the end of an instructional segment
c. What teachers should do to help students learn during an
instructional segment Ans: b. What students can do a the end of
an instructional segment
Which of the following best explains the importance of using
statements of learning objectives in the assessment of students?
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EDUC 307 FINAL Questions and Correct
Answers
Which of the following will be the best technique for the
assessment of students' work?
a. Comprehensive tests
b. Short quizzes
c. Homework Ans: a. Comprehensive tests
Test scores that have a high degree of reliability (e.g., .90) are also
valid.
a. True
b. False Ans: b. False
Test scores that are highly reliable are necessarily valid.
a. True
b. False Ans: b. False
Evidence that a social studies test adequately samples a specific
area of the social studies curriculum is called
a. content-related evidence
b. substantive evidence
c. external structure evidence Ans: a. content-related evidence
Which of the following set of assessment activities will best
facilitate a teacher's instructional planning?
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a. Marking students' completed work and assigning grades on their
unit test
b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students' abilities, and past
performance
c. observing students' attitudes and behavior and summarizing
performance. Ans: b. Reviewing the learning objectives, students'
abilities, and past performance
Which of these teacher management activities should occur after
instruction?
a. Review the syllabus and the textbook being used
b. Review students' class assignments and homework results
against the intended learning outcomes
c. observe students completing their seatwork Ans: b. Review
students' class assignments and homework results against the
intended learning outcomes
In selecting a particular technique to use in assessing students, to
what should the teacher pay attention first?
a. Difficulty level of knowledge
b. Students' knowledge
c. Use to which the assessment result will be put Ans: c. Use to
which the assessment result will be
When you measure a students' performance, you are assessing
them.
a. True
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b. False Ans: a. True
Any time a teacher measures the performance of students, the
teacher tests the students.
a. True
b. False Ans: a. True
Ms. Jonah observed her students during a science lab in order to
determine what the students needed to learn to be effective in
carrying out lab experiments. Which of the following best
describes what Ms. Jonah did?
a. She measured her students' performance in the lab
b. She tested her students' performance in the lab
c. She assessed her students' performance in the lab Ans: c. She
assessed her students' performance in the lab
To evaluate students' performance in mathematics, a teacher must
measure the students in mathematics.
a. True
b. False Ans: b. False
Which of the following statements best illustrates the concept
evaluation?
a. Jane's teacher recorded her exam result, her homework results,
and her grade on the semester project
b. the teacher administered 100 multiple-choice items to his
students at the end of the semester
c. At the end of the semester the student's scores ranged between
55 and 95
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d. The performance of the school's students on the Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT) was excellent. Ans: d. The performance of
the school's students on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) was
excellent.
A teacher used the midterm exam to grade the students. Then the
teacher reviewed students' performance in terms of their
difficulties and strengths over the first half of the semester. This
helped the teacher to plan his instructional activities for the
second half of the semester. The midterm exam served as
a. a formative evaluation of the students
b. a summative evaluation of the students
c. both a and b Ans: c. both a and b
Why is diagnostic assessment done?
a. to ascertain the achievement level of the students
b. to ascertain the specific strengths and weakness of the students
c. to ascertain the effectiveness of teaching Ans: b. to ascertain
the specific strengths and weakness of the students
What is a learning objective?
a. What students know at the end of an instructional segment
b. What students can do a the end of an instructional segment
c. What teachers should do to help students learn during an
instructional segment Ans: b. What students can do a the end of
an instructional segment
Which of the following best explains the importance of using
statements of learning objectives in the assessment of students?
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