Exam 2: The Scientific Approach in Education

Recent reports have suggested that children who play soccer may sustain brain injury resulting from repeated hits to the head by the soccer ball.What methodology would you recommend to investigate the claim that children who play soccer have more brain injuries?

For which of the following research problems would the ex post facto method be most appropriate?

Which of the following represents an operational definition of intelligence?

Exhibit 2-7: Choose the research methodology that would be most appropriate to investigate each of the following questions. -Refer to Exhibit 2-7.Do students who have a high score on a reading test also have a high score on a writing test?

Exhibit 2-7: Choose the research methodology that would be most appropriate to investigate each of the following questions. -Refer to Exhibit 2-7.How does a new mentoring program contribute to the effectiveness of beginning teachers at Rogers Elementary School?

Exhibit 2-2: Examine the following list of research titles, then determine whether the italicized part of each title is an independent variable, a dependent variable, or a variable but impossible to determine whether independent or dependent. -Refer to Exhibit 2-2.The relationship between teacher expectation and the achievement of students

Exhibit 2-2: Examine the following list of research titles, then determine whether the italicized part of each title is an independent variable, a dependent variable, or a variable but impossible to determine whether independent or dependent. -Refer to Exhibit 2-2.The effects of mastery and aptitude on learning and retention.

Exhibit 2-4: Choose the research methodology that would be most appropriate for investigating each of the following research questions. -Refer to Exhibit 2-4.How were young women educated in the South in the mid-nineteenth century?

List three types of qualitative research.

Exhibit 2-5: Indicate whether the following characteristics are most typical of qualitative research or quantitative research. -Refer to Exhibit 2-5.Requires subjective observation.

Experimental research, in contrast with nonexperimental research, focuses on

A study has been designed to investigate the effect of homogeneous grouping on the school performance and self-concept of elementary school children.In this study

Exhibit 2-10: Indicate whether the following characteristics apply to the quantitative or qualitative approach in educational research. -Refer to Exhibit 2-10.Generalizations are made from one time and place to other times and places.

A study investigated the effect of kindergarten experience on the amount of anxiety shown by first graders in the classroom.In this study the dependent variable was

Exhibit 2-1: Based on the title of the following research studies, classify each according to the research method employed in the study. -Refer to Exhibit 2-1.Walter White and Atlanta NAACP's fight for equal schools 1916-1917.

Research on the human genome would be classified as

Which one of the following is a continuous variable?

A qualitative researcher would view the concept of learning disability as

Exhibit 2-10: Indicate whether the following characteristics apply to the quantitative or qualitative approach in educational research. -Refer to Exhibit 2-10.Cause-and-effect relationships are sought.

Exhibit 2-4: Choose the research methodology that would be most appropriate for investigating each of the following research questions. -Refer to Exhibit 2-4.What is the effect of residing in a one-parent home versus a two-parent home on a child's academic achievement?