As the Textbook Points Out, Assessment in the Classroom Can

question 8

Multiple Choice

As the textbook points out, assessment in the classroom can take a variety of forms.Three of the following are examples of assessment in the classroom.Which one definitely does not, in and of itself, illustrate assessment?

• A)A teacher decides to use a new approach to teach reading this year.
• B)A teacher observes that Lakeisha rarely interacts with her classmates during recess.
• C)A teacher asks students to write an essay describing the pros and cons of a free enterprise system.
• D)A teacher sees her students growing increasingly restless during a lengthy lecture.

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Test Statistic

A measure used in statistics that summarizes the difference between observed and expected categorical data to assess the evidence against a null hypothesis.

Two-Tail Test

A statistical test that considers extreme values in both tails of the distribution to test for a significant difference.

Multinomial Experiment

An experiment that leads to outcomes classified into more than two categories, which are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

Binomial Experiment

A statistical experiment that fits the criteria of having a fixed number of trials, two possible outcomes per trial, identical probability of success, and each trial being independent.