If You Want to Use a Test to Measure Students

question 32

Multiple Choice

If you want to use a test to measure students' self-concepts, and if you are concerned about the test's construct validity, you are concerned about whether the

• A) items on the test accurately reflect a particular body of knowledge or skill.
• B) test can be used to predict student performance on a task in the future.
• C) test's norms were developed using an appropriate standardization group.
• D) test can identify students with strong self-concepts and those with weak self-concepts.

Identify factors contributing to multiple births.

Grasp the concept of the human genome and its analogy to a vast repository of genetic information.

Describe ovulation, fertilization, and the conditions favorable to conception.

Differentiate between monozygotic and dizygotic twins and understand the factors influencing twin development.

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Definitions:

Economic Aid

Economic aid is assistance given by one country or international organization to another in forms such as grants, loans, or credits to support the receiving country's economy.

Military Alliances

Formal agreements between nations to support each other militarily in the event of war or conflict.

Peace Corps

An agency of the United States government that sends American volunteers abroad to work on projects related to education, health, and economic development in developing countries.

Hydrogen Bomb

A highly destructive nuclear weapon that uses fusion of hydrogen isotopes to release massive amounts of energy, significantly more powerful than an atomic bomb.