LESSON 5 Constructing Objective Paper and Pencil Tests Constructing paper-and pencil tests is a professional skill. Becoming proficient at it takes study‚ time and practice. Owing to the recognized importance of a testing program‚ a prospective teacher has to assume this task seriously and responsibly. He/she needs to be familiar with the different types of test items and how best to write them. This chapter seeks to equip prospective teachers with the skill in constructing objective paper-and-pencil
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The Ancient Greeks practiced a religion that was superseded by culture. The foundation of their culture was built on their mythology but it became much more than that. Ancient Greece was not a melting pot of religion. The people were more unified than the common American might understand. The people of Athens‚ as well as the rest of Ancient Greece‚ built the foundation of their lives on the Acropolis and their mythology‚ however‚ instead of it simply being a means of religion‚ it was a means of culture
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Introduction The purpose of this review is to evaluate three assessment batteries used for the evaluation of neurocognitive disorders; specifically‚ dementia and aphasia. According to Murray and Clarke (2014)‚ dementia is defined as “a chronic‚ progressive deterioration of memory and at least one other area‚ such as personality‚ communication ability‚ or executive control functioning.” In contrast‚ Murray and Clarke define aphasia as “a disruption in using and understanding language following a neurological
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helps educators in reteaching a skill‚ making accommodation‚ modifying a lesson to a level that a child will comprehend it better. Educators have to have knowledge of many types of assessment like informal‚ formal‚ summative‚ formative‚ criterion‚ and norm-referenced assessment. As a teacher become familiar with assessment they will be used in determining if a student requires further testing to identify a disability. In the field of Special Education assessment are used for the identification
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As human beings‚ we have set rules engrained into our minds called customs. Many of these vary from culture to culture but some are quite universal. One of those very universal rules‚ though the degree still varies‚ is the idea of personal space. In America‚ we have a strong sense of personal space‚ especially when it comes to strangers. In this experiment‚ I challenged this custom by invading the personal space of a couple strangers I encountered in my day to day life. I also tried the opposite
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Every year high school juniors wake up go to a testing facility that’s often not their regular classroom or school‚ and take a standardize test. The point of these tests is to give an equal opportunity to all students to show colleges their academic potential. Sixteen year old Darius Smith‚ African American student sits down to take his standardize test. Little does he know he is at a ninety nine point disadvantage just because of his race. Darius is not alone as standardize tests are riddled with
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the term "mythical norm." In your own words‚ describe the "mythical norm." Is the "mythical norm" normal? Why or why not? “Mythical norm” is the idea of something or someone by society’s perception of what “normal” is said to be. An example would be that a normal woman would be portrayed as “white‚ middle-class‚ heterosexual‚ abled‚ then‚ and a young adult.” A “mythical norm” is not normal because not everyone has those physical aspects in order to be a woman. The “mythical norm” is just made up by
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Since the invention of the modern zombie in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in 1968‚ zombies have become a household-monster so to speak‚ terrorizing the thoughts of man woman and child alike and earning a significant place amongst canonic monsters of our culture such as vampires‚ werewolves‚ ghouls and demons. The reason why the concept of a reanimated corpse delivers such a potent scare to the human psyche is because it is the most similar monster to us. Zombies do not possess the
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special pencils on tests‚ giving rise to the now ubiquitous bubbling-in of answers. The different types of modern educational testing are; aptitude test‚ criterion reference test‚ formative assessment‚ multiple choice testing ‚ performance assessment‚ norm referenced test‚ and standardized achievement test. Some people believe that standardized testing is a cornerstone of education today. Tests administrated by state education departments are also at the center of controversy for many teachers and education
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Abnormality is diagnosed by three different symptoms. The first definition is behaviour that deviates from social norms. The common question would be‚ what are social norms? Social norms are something that is socially acceptable in a certain society. So‚ the first diagnosis of someone who is abnormal and falls under the classification of deviation from social norms‚ could be categorised as abnormal in one society‚ but socially accepted and normal in another society (Cardwell et al‚ 2008: p.216).
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