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multiple choice questions for Objective 3

multiple choice questions for Objective 3

This activity contains 17 questions.

	If a researcher was studying the use of various instructional approaches to the "multiple intelligences" of a class of students, he is likely to be conducting which type of research?   Basic Applied Evaluation Action

	If a researcher is studying the effect of using laptops in her classroom to ascertain their merit and worth, she is likely conducting which type of research?   Basic Applied Evaluation Action

	Which of the following is characterized by (1) an attempt to provide a solution to an educator's problem in his or her own school and (2) the fact that the educator is the researcher?   Action research Ethnographic designs Narrative designs Experimental designs

	Which of the following studies most likely uses quantitative methods?   Comparing test results across groups to understand the effects of a particular instructional approach. Understanding historical perspective for an educational topic. Understanding the shared beliefs and practices of teachers in a school. Developing a theory grounded in the beliefs of the group being studied.

	Which of the following is most aligned with a researcher using quantitative methods?   Studying a large number of subjects as a detached, objective observer. Studying an interesting phenomenon in the context in which it naturally occurs. Communicating the results of the study in a loosely structured report that uses informal language. Using a research design that changes as narrative data is collected and analyzed.

	Which of the following problems is most appropriate to a quantitative experimental approach?   Studying the nature of student interactions in an inclusionary classroom. Studying the effect of using formative quizzes on student's knowledge of key concepts. Analyzing the use of a site-based decision making model as it is being implemented in a local high school. Understanding the experiences of a veteran teacher who has been moved into an administrative position in her school.

	Which of the following designs studies causal relationships?   Descriptive Correlational Experimental Narrative

	Which of the following designs is characterized by the researchers' inability to actually manipulate an independent variable even though they are often interested in a causal relationship?   Descriptive Correlational Causal-comparative Experimental

	The results from which of the following designs examining the relationships between variables should not be interpreted as causal?   Descriptive Correlational Experimental Ethnography

	Which design would you use to assess the attitudes of parents, teachers, and students toward a new disciplinary policy?   Descriptive Correlational Causal-comparative Experimental

	Experimental designs can be differentiated most clearly from descriptive, correlational, or causal-comparative designs on which of the following characteristics?   Collecting numerical data A clear intent to establish cause and effect relationships. The use of structured designs. The statistical analysis of data.

	Which of the following designs is the best choice to investigate the effects of working part-time while a high school student?   Descriptive Correlational Causal-comparative Non-experimental

	Which of the following designs is likely to contribute to a general conceptual understanding of the beliefs and practices of the participants being studied?   Ethnography Correlation Evaluation Experimental

	Ms. LeBlanc is interested in studying the shared beliefs and practices of the teachers in a small rural school in one of Louisiana's poorer parishes. She is likely to use which of the following designs?   Action research Correlational Ethnographic Narrative

	Mr. Wilkins has collected a number of stories from his mother who was an elementary school teacher for 30 years. By documenting some of these stories he has recorded experiences that were unique, interesting, and meaningful. Which type of research describes Mr. Wilkins' work?   Descriptive research Narrative research Ethnographic Causal comparative

	Which of the following problems is most appropriate to a qualitative approach?   Describing the relationship between students' math attitudes and their math achievement. Identifying the characteristics that differentiate students who drop out of high school from those students who do not drop out. Describing the effect of creating a student-centered assessment environment on students' achievement. Understanding what it is like to work in a school that is changing the decision-making process from a top-down, administratively driven model to a bottom-up, teacher driven model.

	Mr. Salyer's choice of a specific research approach to his research problem should be guided by the extent to which the approach   provides a reasonable answer to the research question. describes the study. indicates the limitations of the study. provides a summary of the research.

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